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NPS sites remaining open as government shuts down |
National parks will largely remain open even as the federal government shuts down, according to a plan made public Tuesday evening. |
Park roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible to visitors," says a shutdown contingency plan for the National Park Service (NPS). At the same time, the park service plans to furlough most of its staff. Of about 14,500 employees, 9,296 will not be working. The plan also states that parks that collect fees under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act and will use those fees to provide "basic visitor services." This includes maintaining restrooms, collecting trash, maintaining roads and campgrounds, law enforcement, and emergency operations. Read more at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, I'm Rachel Frazin — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. Programming note: I'm off tomorrow so there will be no newsletter. I'll be back Friday. |
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The Trump administration is planning to ease rules governing the phaseout of planet-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in cooling equipment, it said Thursday. |
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About 89 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) workforce was slated to be furloughed as the government shuts down, according to contingency plans that were posted online this week. |
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The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world's largest lithium mines in northern Nevada. |
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Federal employees at multiple agencies received emails Tuesday blaming congressional Democrats for a potential government shutdown "forced" by the party, an unusual use of government communications that typically steer clear of political comments. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure. Read more |
| Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders refused requests from Democrats to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday, saying she will be sworn in when the House returns to regular session. Read more |
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