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No more single-use plastics in U.S. national parks, on public lands by 2032

29 June 2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced plans to phase out the sale of single-use plastic products in national parks and other public lands by 2032. The move is aimed at curbing the leading contributor to plastic pollution as recycling rates in the U.S. continue to decline. Secretary of ...

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Barack Obama gives national parks a voice in new Netflix series

16 March 2022

Former U.S. President Barack Obama will be host and narrator of a new Netflix documentary series called Our Great National Parks. The series, which will debut on April 13, introduces national parks in the U.S., Chile, Indonesia, Kenya and other locations and wants to show nature’s wonders big and small ...

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​New River Gorge becomes newest U.S. National Park

12 January 2021

Source: West Virginia Tourism New River Gorge Rock Climbing The U.S. has a new national park: the New River Gorge in the state of West Virginia, about an hour’s drive from Charleston, is now considered the country’s 63rd national park, thanks to the latest Covid-19 stimulus package. ...