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Big Oil Cheers as Trump Plans to Open National Parks for Drilling

Big Oil Cheers as Trump Plans to Open National Parks for Drilling

America’s national parks are already under threat, but will our beloved public lands survive Donald Trump‘s incoming presidency? Trump taps well of protest with calls for more drilling in national parks https://t.co/y0DnUwpGJL — Reuters (@Reuters) January 11, 2017 The president-elect plans to open up federal lands for more energy development and, according to Reuters, energy […]

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    Big Oil Cheers as Trump Plans to Open National Parks for Drilling

    Big Oil Cheers as Trump Plans to Open National Parks for Drilling

    America’s national parks are already under threat, but will our beloved public lands survive Donald Trump‘s incoming presidency? Trump taps well of protest with calls for more drilling in national parks https://t.co/y0DnUwpGJL — Reuters (@Reuters) January 11, 2017 The president-elect plans to open up federal lands for more energy development and, according to Reuters, energy […]

    What You Need to Know About Trump’s Choice for Department of Interior

    What You Need to Know About Trump’s Choice for Department of Interior

    By Adam Markham U.S. natural and cultural resources—the parks, landmarks and history of America—are under assault from climate change. So it is troubling that Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump‘s pick to run the Department of the Interior (DOI), seems unsure whether climate change is a real problem or not. Just this week, in an interview with […]

    Land Grab Congressman Now Wants Trump to Abolish National Monuments

    Land Grab Congressman Now Wants Trump to Abolish National Monuments

    U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, a fierce anti-public lands Republican in Utah, is urging President-elect Donald Trump to abolish national monuments created by Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. More than 270 million acres of American land and waters are potentially at risk—an area two and a half times the size of California. The action would […]

    Protecting Our National Parks for Another 100 Years

    Protecting Our National Parks for Another 100 Years

    By Jillian Mackenzie “Europe has cathedrals. We have national parks,” said Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, neatly capturing the significance of these 59 national treasures, which include important monuments as well as parklands. But as we honor their majesty on this 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, we must also […]

    See America’s Natural Beauty Through the Eyes of 180+ Artists

    See America’s Natural Beauty Through the Eyes of 180+ Artists

    Do you have an affinity for vintage travel posters, the bold, graphic kind with silhouetted palm trees and snow capped mountains? Do you enjoy national parks and monuments? I know I do. So it’s a pleasant surprise to discover the Creative Action Network’s (CAN) See America crowdsourced art campaign. Original See America posters from the […]