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![Some rafting companies outside of Yellowstone National Park are having record-breaking years despite the coronavirus pandemic. Owners are hoping it lasts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc04415-8013f81b6f62c919556ad66702b3954393a9eaff-scaled-e1597158190278-900x422.jpg)
‘We Had To Get Out.’ Business Is Booming At National Parks
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Visits to Yellowstone National Park are higher than last year as Americans look to escape their pandemic confines. Their business is welcome relief, despite worries they’ll also bring coronavirus.
![Levi Draheim, 11, wears a dust mask as he participates in a demonstration in Miami in July 2019. A lawsuit filed by him and other young people urging action against climate change was thrown out by a federal appeals court Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ap_19193760884110-aad33c4cfa25d992ee507ce975cdeb068d8ad69f-scaled-e1579642711547-900x422.jpg)
Kids’ Climate Case ‘Reluctantly’ Dismissed By Appeals Court
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The court said the nearly two dozen young people who were trying to force action by the government on climate change did not have standing to sue. The judges said climate change is a political issue.
![Biologists pile fresh dead mussel shells on the edge of the Clinch River after documenting the species' number and type. The smell can get "real bad," says biologist Rose Agbalog.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc02582-561f4270dd99db52ecb2d7dabb8b7f1a772e0cc1-3-e1575649167505-900x422.jpg)
Nature’s ‘Brita Filter’ Is Dying and Nobody Knows Why
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A mysterious die-off of freshwater mussels has scientists scrambling to find a cause. Freshwater mussels clean water and provide habitat to countless other species.
![A bald eagle prepares to take off from a pine tree in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The eagle population rebounded after protections put in place under the Endangered Species Act.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_120208051371-b1d96071566896843d076890670c4ada862e12ea-e1565795591198-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Makes Major Changes To Protections For Endangered Species
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Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the revisions will make the landmark conservation law more efficient. Critics say it will hurt endangered plants and animals as they face mounting threats.
![In California's Mojave Desert sits First Solar Inc.'s Desert Sunlight Solar Farm. California is among the states leading the decarbonization charge.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gettyimages-166895133-4fdd84026b93e20f18fac7df9f589781999d3a95-e1560877422839-900x422.jpg)
Going ‘Zero Carbon’ Is All The Rage. But Will It Slow Climate Change?
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Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it’s not clear exactly how they’ll do that or whether it will actually work.
![The Trump administration wants to limit the scope of a major clean water rule. It says the EPA under Obama went too far in regulating isolated waters and wetlands far upstream from navigable lakes and rivers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ap_17027739918816-5ed1a1ff659412cc15201e634a37c7b9f928778d-e1544549560354-900x422.jpg)
Trump EPA Proposes Big Changes To Federal Water Protections
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The Trump administration wants to substantially limit which waterways are protected under the Clean Water Act. Farmers and developers have long lobbied against the current rule as too expansive.
![The Trump administration's proposal would give states more authority to make their own plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ap_18225531605518-a55b87322657bccdb576c7a220351e47e01e77d2-e1534877362401-900x422.jpg)
Trump Moves To Let States Regulate Coal Plant Emissions
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The administration is proposing to substantially weaken President Barack Obama’s signature rule on climate change. It would give states more power to regulate carbon emissions from coal plants.
![Slivers of snow still hide in coulees near Schofield Pass. A low winter snowpack and high spring temperatures melted most of winter's snow earlier than normal in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gothic-3_custom-790699068b648628c5765c1ef6166018a47d1093-e1532365519763-900x422.jpg)
Spring Is Springing Sooner, Throwing Nature’s Rhythms Out Of Whack
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A warming climate is knocking nature’s rhythms out of sync. High in the Rocky Mountains, scientists have been tracking the impact for decades.
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National Park Service To ‘Modestly’ Raise Entrance Fees In Plan To Cut Repair Backlog
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The National Park Service will increase entrance fees at 117 national parks by at least $5. The increases are far smaller than had previously been proposed by the Trump administration.
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Decline In Hunters Threatens How U.S. Pays For Conservation
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The steady drop is expected to accelerate in coming years, threatening the much-lauded model through which the U.S. has paid for conservation.
![Buildings are seen near the ocean in North Miami. Broward County and many communities in southeast Florida have been aggressive and proactive in preparing for the effects of climate change.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gettyimages-141338089-c69ea413930aa8b7cd2f79dfb2e715f94ba3290c-e1512166686496-900x422.jpg)
Credit Rating Agency Issues Warning On Climate Change To Cities
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Moody’s Investor Services says it might downgrade U.S. cities’ credit rating if they don’t deal with the risks posed by climate change.