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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Air & Climate Report
Polluted Parks
Nearly every national park is affected by air pollution and climate change in adverse ways. NPCA’s “Polluted Parks” report evaluates damage from air pollution at 417 national parks based on…
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Press Release
Conservation and Public Health Organizations Demand Clean Air, Environmental Justice for San Joaquin Valley
The state of California is failing in its duty to clean up San Joaquin Valley air, when climate action is more necessary than ever.
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Read more about The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks
Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks President Trump and the officials he has appointed have systematically undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands, the agencies that manage them and the irreplaceable resources these places safeguard for the American people.
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Read more about Administration Guts Methane Rule, Allowing More Air Pollution to Harm National Parks and Communities
Press Release Administration Guts Methane Rule, Allowing More Air Pollution to Harm National Parks and Communities The administration is gutting commonsense regulations, threatening the air we breathe and wasting taxpayer money, all while ignoring the climate crisis.
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Read more about NPCA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oppose EPA Proposal to Devalue Co-Benefits of Air Pollution Rules
Press Release NPCA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oppose EPA Proposal to Devalue Co-Benefits of Air Pollution Rules Our nation should be moving towards a cleaner, safer future, not gutting commonsense health and safety solutions.
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Read more about NPCA Joins Nationwide Coalition Lawsuit to Defend the People’s Environmental Law
Press Release NPCA Joins Nationwide Coalition Lawsuit to Defend the People’s Environmental Law Represented by Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, 20 organizations challenge the Trump administration’s assault on the National Environmental Policy Act.
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National parks are a great escape for the human mind and spirit. Not only does it help the environment (obviously through air, life cycle, animals) but it helps society. Children who grow up going to different parks are more caring and open minded than those who don't. Everyone should experience multiple parks in their lifetime. — Alissa
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Read more about Administration’s Aggressive Environmental Rollbacks Are Putting National Parks in Peril
Press Release Administration’s Aggressive Environmental Rollbacks Are Putting National Parks in Peril The impacts of the administration’s actions to the health of our national parks and communities, the air we breathe, and the water we drink could be irreparable.
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Read more about EPA Approves Weak Texas Haze Plan, Promoting More Air Pollution for our Communities and National Parks
Press Release EPA Approves Weak Texas Haze Plan, Promoting More Air Pollution for our Communities and National Parks The agency charged with protecting public health and our environment continues to go to great lengths to weaken our nation’s clean air laws.
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Read more about Appeals Court Ruling Upholds Air Permit for Proposed Refinery Near Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Press Release Appeals Court Ruling Upholds Air Permit for Proposed Refinery Near Theodore Roosevelt National Park Today’s ruling is a major setback for the preservation of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and all it protects.
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Read more about Parks Groups File Brief Against Administration’s Weak Air and Climate Rule
Press Release Parks Groups File Brief Against Administration’s Weak Air and Climate Rule At a time when the climate crisis facing the planet is undeniable, the administration continues to prioritize polluters’ interests over communities and national parks.
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Read more about Park Advocates Speak Out Against Administration’s Environmental Rollbacks
Press Release Park Advocates Speak Out Against Administration’s Environmental Rollbacks Climate change is happening. Ignoring it won’t stop it.
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Read more about Utahans Urge EPA to Reject Plan to Pollute Southwest National Parks
Press Release Utahans Urge EPA to Reject Plan to Pollute Southwest National Parks EPA seeks to approve weak Utah Haze Plan that threatens parks and communities.
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Read more about Air Pollution in Colorado: Our Lives and Parks at Risk
Advocacy in Action Air Pollution in Colorado: Our Lives and Parks at Risk Colorado suffers from a serious and growing air quality problem, failing year after year to meet federal standards for air that’s healthy and safe to breathe. That needs to change.
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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 within reach for our Southwestern national parks.
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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 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 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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