News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released publicly available, annual data on 2021 emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and mercury from power plants in the lower 48 states.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Valley Forge National Historical Park dedicated the newly renovated Visitor Center at Valley Forge with the opening of its new museum exhibition on February 16, 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
While some of the most well-known national parks again had record visitation in 2021, numbers across the entire National Park System remained below pre-pandemic totals.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Great Sand Dunes is actively recruiting energetic, committed young adults who are interested in a career with a federal land agency for this year’s Conservation Internship Program.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Beginning Friday, May 20, Yosemite National Park will implement a temporary peak hours reservation system.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
In the summer of 2022, Voyageurs National Park will have a new tour boat - Ne-zho-dain (pronounced Knee-Zho-Dan) - based at the Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center to serve park visitors.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Justine, Lōkahi, and Ricki, three mules employed at Haleakalā National Park, have achieved a combined 30 years of distinguished employment in the National Park Service and are eyeing their retirement.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Beginning February 21, 2022, and continuing through the end of March, park officials plan to burn piles of dead vegetation at various locations within Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to announce a new art exhibition by former Mojave National Preserve Artist-in-Residence, Dani Dodge.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Join park rangers on Saturday, February 26, at 6:00 p.m. at the Alley General Store for a guided evening interpretive hike to listen for and learn about owls and coyotes.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) of the House Natural Resources Committee and Chair James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) of the House Rules Committee today examined the ongoing injustice of food insecurity among Indigenous communities in the U.S. at a joint roundtable discussion titled Ending Hunger in America: Indigenous Nutrition and Food Systems.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement about a report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) finding that former DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke, in pursuing a brewery as part of a larger development near his residential property in Whitefish, Mont., violated his ethics obligations, used federal resources for personal gain, and lied to ethics officials and the media. The report was requested in 2018 by then-Ranking Member Grijalva, Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.).
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) launched the beta version of its Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The House Natural Resources Committee yesterday held a legislative hearing on H.R. 2021, the Environmental Justice For All Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup that included five Republican bills that passed with bipartisan support.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) updated pipeline policy guidance.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor about the need to produce more American energy.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, called on members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to protect the reliability and affordability of American energy and not delay natural gas infrastructure projects.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced a bipartisan resolution celebrating the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park.
