Budget and staffing cuts have left some national park sites struggling with routine maintenance and other challenges during ...

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"The orange one doesn't care about the beauty of this landscape," said one respondent to new National Parks signs asking for ...

Evansville has been called a sacrifice zone due to pollution hazards, and federal goals to lower environmental safeguards ...

Trump's executive order "Making America Beautiful Again" brings significant changes to national parks, affecting staffing, pricing, and visitor services.

A massive budget reconciliation bill that pushes for oil fossil fuel development and claws back $267 million from the National Park Service passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, drawing ...

National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with local business owners and a park ranger feeling the impact.

When you picture national parks, you might imagine mighty forests, white sand dunes, or snow capped mountain peaks -- but what about smog? While the national parks exist to help preserve the natural ...

NPCA released their Polluted Parks report last month, an update to a similar report released in 2019. The group advocates for additional protections for national parks. While there were some ...

By the year 2000, ozone levels in national parks were, on average, very similar to those in metropolitan areas. Explaining this increase was beyond the scope of our study.

Haze pollution, which largely comes from coal power plant emissions, degrades air quality and visibility at many public lands, including Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains national parks in Texas ...