New Report: Air Quality in the Smokies Is Headed in the Right Direction
By Mark Wenzler, Vice President of NPCA’s Climate and Air Quality Programs A new report from Colorado State University confirms that air quality in our most-visited national park is measurably better, thanks to the Clean Air Act. While more work still needs to be done to improve air quality around the country, the new emissions and visibility measurements published last [...]
Major Victory for Clean Air Will Help Reduce Dangerous Levels of Soot
Health groups, environmentalists, and state governments won a major victory for clean air last month when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tighter regulations on one of the most dangerous air pollutants we breathe every day: soot. This victory will not only have a measurable impact in reducing haze and protecting wildlife and plants in national parks; it will [...]
Will 2012 Be a Landmark Year for Cleaner Air in National Parks?
Thirty-five years ago, Congress promised that our most treasured national parks and wilderness areas would have the cleanest air in the country. Yet today, millions of national park visitors continue to breathe potentially dangerous air and hike to overlooks only to find their views obscured by pollution. Haze not only muddies the horizon, it burns our lungs and damages plants [...]
On the Edge: Fracking and the Fate of Theodore Roosevelt National Park
By Ann Mallick, NPCA’s Environmental Sustainability Intern Craning my neck through the car window, my first impressions of Theodore Roosevelt National Park were hills, extending for miles under a stretch of blue skies and distant clouds. The heat was overwhelming, but the enigmatic new landscape had sparked my 11-year-old curiosity, and I stuck my nose to the window in eager [...]
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