ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 5 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following news release: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) have filed comments opposing EPA's reliance on questionable legal authority to create a dangerously unbalanced approach to analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution limits. EPA's proposal seeks to devalue a rule's "co-benefits" to human health, the environment, and local economies simply because they a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The White House issued the following commentary on Aug. 4 by Mary B. Neumayr, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality: From the beginning of this Administration, President Trump has prioritized conservation and stewardship of our public lands and national parks. Today, President Trump signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act. This historic legislation, along with the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act--which President Trump si  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following joint news release: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) have filed comments opposing EPA's reliance on questionable legal authority to create a dangerously unbalanced approach to analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution limits. EPA's proposal seeks to devalue a rule's "co-benefits" to human health, the environment, and local economies simply bec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Angus King (I-ME) announced that President Trump signed their bipartisan Restore Our Parks Act, landmark legislation to protect and preserve America's national parks, into law. The law will support more than 100,000 jobs over the next five years by rebuilding critical park infrastructure to help address the more tha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today joined President Donald Trump at the White House for the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act - bipartisan legislation Alexander sponsored that passed the Senate on June 17 by a 73-25 vote and the House of Representatives on July 22 by a 310-107 vote. The new law gives the biggest funding boost to the United States' 419 national parks in half a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today, President Donald Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that will preserve the nation's public parks and other lands by fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and addressing the nearly $12 billion deferred maintenance backlog on federal lands, including North Carolina's national parks which have a more than $459 million  more