Clearing the Air
Air pollution is among the most serious threats to our national parks and monuments. Dirty air ruins scenic views, harms wildlife and historic sites, and affects the health of visitors.
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Smog Standard Too Weak to Protect Parks and Forests, Court Rules
Court Upholds Health Standard, Rejects Polluters’ Claims That Standards Are Too Protective
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Read more about EPA Finalizes Guidance that Encourages States to Ignore Air Rules Protecting National Parks
Press Release EPA Finalizes Guidance that Encourages States to Ignore Air Rules Protecting National Parks Changes to Regional Haze Rule Guidance Could Set Our National Parks and Wilderness Areas Back Decades
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Read more about Utah Air Quality Board Approves Regional Haze Plan, Paving the Way for More Air Pollution in National Parks and Local Communities
Press Release Utah Air Quality Board Approves Regional Haze Plan, Paving the Way for More Air Pollution in National Parks and Local Communities It is unacceptable that Utah is again failing to protect our parks, local economies and visitors, especially at a time when the state so desperately needs bold leadership to combat air pollution problems.
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Read more about The Administration Scraps Climate Protections, Sacrificing National Parks to More Air Pollution
Press Release The Administration Scraps Climate Protections, Sacrificing National Parks to More Air Pollution Final replacement rule threatens public health and the health of our national parks, which are visited by more than 330 million people each year.
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Read more about Parks Group’s Report Finds 96 Percent of National Parks are Plagued by Air Pollution
Press Release Parks Group’s Report Finds 96 Percent of National Parks are Plagued by Air Pollution Polluted Parks report documents the distressing effects of air pollution on national parks
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These days, we need all the wonder we can get. — Todd
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Read more about Our Southwestern National Parks Deserve Cleaner Air
Advocacy in Action Our Southwestern National Parks Deserve Cleaner Air Clean air is still out of reach for Southwestern national parks.
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Read more about Parks Group Continues to Fight for Clean Air at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Press Release Parks Group Continues to Fight for Clean Air at Theodore Roosevelt National Park NPCA refuses to let polluters win near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.
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Read more about President’s Budget Proposal Damaging to National Parks as They Continue to Recover from Government Shutdown
Press Release President’s Budget Proposal Damaging to National Parks as They Continue to Recover from Government Shutdown If enacted, the President's budget would jeopardize the protection, maintenance and operation of our more than 400 national parks across the country.
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Read more about Clean Air for Parks Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet Clean Air for Parks Fact Sheets In the fight for healthy air, laws limiting haze pollution are powerful tools—but we need to act now to sharpen them. To win the fight for clean and healthy air, deploying all means to lower pollution—like ozone and particulate matter—is a necessity.
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Read more about Unfit to Serve: Why NPCA Opposes Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Blog Post Unfit to Serve: Why NPCA Opposes Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator We need an EPA administrator who will fulfill the agency's mission to protect the environment — not one who actively undermines our public health and the health of our national parks.
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Read more about Fighting for Clean Air in our National Parks
Advocacy in Action Fighting for Clean Air in our National Parks Air pollution is one of the most serious threats facing national parks, harming visitors’ health, clouding scenic views and altering our climate.
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Read more about Trump Nominates Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Press Release Trump Nominates Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator Americans need an EPA administrator who prioritizes clear air over industry profits.
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Read more about Welcome to the 116th Congress
Policy Update Welcome to the 116th Congress On behalf of all of us who work at the National Parks Conservation Association and our more than 1.3 million members and supporters nationwide, welcome to the 116th Congress.
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Read more about Entergy Arkansas Reaches Settlement with Environmental Groups to Cease Burning Coal
Press Release Entergy Arkansas Reaches Settlement with Environmental Groups to Cease Burning Coal Today’s agreement secures important reductions in air pollution that has harmed national parks and communities across the region for decades.
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Read more about California's National Parks: Struggling for Clean Air
Advocacy in Action California's National Parks: Struggling for Clean Air It might come as a surprise that California’s crown jewel national parks — Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree and Yosemite — struggle with some of the dirtiest air of any parks in the nation.
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Read more about Ozone Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet Ozone Fact Sheet Ozone threatens the health of park visitors and contributes to the disease and death of park species such as the black cherry tree in the East and aspen and ponderosa pine in the West. National park ecosystems across the country are already showing damage from ground-level ozone pollution.
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Read more about Forward, Not Backward
Fact Sheet Forward, Not Backward Climate change is the greatest threat facing our national parks and people across the world. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking strident measures to strip the U.S. of necessary rules to curb climate pollution.
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Read more about 10 Ways to Be a Park Advocate
Resource 10 Ways to Be a Park Advocate Want to be an advocate for parks, but don't know where to start?
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Read more about Defending Clean Air Protections for Parks
Advocacy in Action Defending Clean Air Protections for Parks Air pollution is among the most serious threats facing national parks, threatening visitors’ health, clouding scenic vistas and altering our climate. To restore clean air to national parks, we work to defend the clean air laws that protect them.
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Read more about Join Us
Video Join Us Our national parks preserve some of the most inspiring places and stories. These places belong to us all. They deserve to be celebrated and protected. It’s up to us to ensure that America’s favorite places have clean water, clear air and healthy wildlife.
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Read more about Learn More About Seeing Clearly in America’s National Parks
Map Learn More About Seeing Clearly in America’s National Parks How dirty air harms parks and what you can do to help.
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Read more about Share Your Story
My Park Story Share Your Story Let our leaders know why clean air matters to you. Share your experience!
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Read more about National Park Groups Thank President for Methane Announcement
Letter National Park Groups Thank President for Methane Announcement New rules will help protect parks from the impacts of climate change.
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Read more about Polluted Parks: How Dirty Air is Harming America’s National Parks
Report Polluted Parks: How Dirty Air is Harming America’s National Parks “Polluted Parks” graded the pollution-related damage in the 48 national parks required by the Clean Air Act to have the highest possible air quality.
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Read more about Best Available Retrofit Technology at the Cholla Power Plant
Letter Best Available Retrofit Technology at the Cholla Power Plant On behalf of National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club, Earthjustice respectfully submits the following comments regarding the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) proposed Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) “reassessment” for the Cholla Power Plant.
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Read more about Virginians for Healthy Air Newsletter
Report Virginians for Healthy Air Newsletter Virginians for Healthy Air is a network of Virginia businesses, civic groups, and nonprofit organizations that share the vision of healthy air for the Commonwealth and for Virginia’s national parks, including Shenandoah.
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Read more about Clean Air Health Findings in the Southwest
Report Clean Air Health Findings in the Southwest A report on clean air health findings in the Southwest by Dr. George Thurston.
Parks In Focus
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- Acadia National Park ›
- Arches National Park ›
- Badlands National Park ›
- Bandelier National Monument ›
- Big Bend National Park ›
- Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park ›
- Bryce Canyon National Park ›
- Canyonlands National Park ›
- Capitol Reef National Park ›
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park ›
- Chiricahua National Monument ›
- Crater Lake National Park ›
- Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve ›
- Denali National Park & Preserve ›
- Everglades National Park ›
- Glacier National Park ›
- Grand Canyon National Park ›
- Grand Teton National Park ›
- Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve ›
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park ›
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park ›
- Haleakalā National Park ›
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park ›
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- Petrified Forest National Park ›
- Pinnacles National Park ›
- Point Reyes National Seashore ›
- Redwood National & State Parks ›
- Rocky Mountain National Park ›
- Saguaro National Park ›
- Sequoia National Park ›
- Shenandoah National Park ›
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park ›
- Virgin Islands National Park ›
- Voyageurs National Park ›
- Wind Cave National Park ›
- Yellowstone National Park ›
- Yosemite National Park ›
- Zion National Park ›
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