How a looming government shutdown could hit national parks | #alaska | #politics
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Google-News-Wire
- February 28, 2024
- Congressional Research Service
- Congressman
- congressmen
- council
- democrats
- economy
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- Environment America
- governor
- Joshua Tree National Park
- katie hobbs
- mayor
- national park service
- national parks
- partial federal government shutdown
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- president
- republican
- senator
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. House Republican Conference
- White House Office of Management and Budget
National parks and nearby communities could forego millions of dollars per day during a partial government shutdown that could start this weekend. Would-be visitors will likely see restrictions on park access, though the extent of those restrictions was still unclear just days before a potential lapse in federal appropriations set to begin Sunday. Parks would […]
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For visiting U.S. House members, Denali is a showcase of globally significant climate change | #alaska | #politics
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Google-News-Wire
- November 20, 2023
- Brooke Merrell
- climate change
- Congressman
- congressmen
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- democrats
- denali
- Don Young
- economy
- elections
- governor
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- Katie Porter
- Kim Schrier
- landslides
- Lisa Murkowski
- Mary Peltola
- mayor
- Mike Quigley
- national parks
- permafrost
- politics
- president
- Pretty Rocks
- republican
- Sean Casten
- senator
- Ted Lieu
- Ted Schuur
In Denali National Park and Preserve, effects of climate change are wide-ranging and dramatic. There are landslides being triggered by warming temperatures and thaw, glaciers shrinking, plants expanding their territory upslope, shifting populations of animals from insects to large mammals, struggling salmon runs in the Yukon River basin that pass through the park area – […]
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National Parks Forever: Protecting Parks From Politics | #alaska | #politics
Can you imagine a zip line attached to Half Dome in Yosemite National Park?/Rebecca Latson file National parks probably have never been entirely immune from political influences, whether they came out of Washington, D.C., or close to a park’s boundaries. But there’s an argument that can be made, one backed by evidence, that the past […]
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