On AlterNet: national parks

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "national parks"

Is it Coca-Cola's Grand Canyon or Ours? The Fight Over Bottled Water Hits National Parks

Rich Bindell, Food & Water Watch. November 18, 2011.

Grand Canyon National Park officials wanted to ban the sale of bottled water, but Coke had other ideas.

How Climate Change is Transforming Our Nation's Treasured Parks

Joan Hamilton, Sierra Club. September 9, 2009.

With global warming upon us, scientists may need to use these sanctuaries as laboratories in which to play Noah, if not god.

Packing Heat in Our National Parks: How Did We Let the Gun Fanatics Get Their Way?

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. May 26, 2009.

Our national parks are among the safest places in America. So against what, exactly, are the proponents of the new gun law defending themselves?

Bush Administration Taken to Task for Allowing Loaded Guns into National Parks

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 31, 2008.

The suit charges that the Interior Department violated several federal laws in its rush to implement the rule before President Bush leaves office.

Bioprospecting: Mining Our National Parks One Gene at a Time

Geov Parrish, AlterNet. November 28, 2006.

The National Parks Service is considering a proposal to allow private companies to own the genetic resources of plants and animals in our parks.

What? A National Park Dedicated to the Horrors of Nuclear War?

Russ Wellen, December 31, 1969.