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New Report: Air Quality in the Smokies Is Headed in the Right Direction

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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 [...]

Posted on: March 12 2013
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National Parks Plus Kids: Inspiration, Perspiration, and Contemplation at Grand Teton

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If you go to Grand Teton with kids, I have plenty of recommendations for you. For starters: Encourage your kids to do the Junior Ranger program. Go swimming at String Lake after an early morning boat ride across Jenny Lake. Take the early morning boat ride across Jenny Lake and hike to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point Go swimming in [...]

Posted on: October 5 2012
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Victory! Plans for Coal Plant Near National Parks in Virginia Suspended

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By Pamela Goddard, Chesapeake and Virginia Program Manager We did it! NPCA supporters and thousands of others convinced Old Dominion Electric Company (ODEC) to suspend their plans to build a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Surry County, Virginia! NPCA has been fighting this plant for several years. As designed, the Cypress Creek power plant would have been three times larger [...]

Posted on: September 17 2012
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Will 2012 Be a Landmark Year for Cleaner Air in National Parks?

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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 [...]

Posted on: June 28 2012
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