May 7, 2019

How one species is killing off 1 million others

An endangered Bornean orangutan at the Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia. Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images

Corporate borrowing piques the Fed's interest. The National Parks Service struggles to keep up with visitor demand. Human activity could make one million species disappear.

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National Park Service budget problems are subject of congressional hearing

by Andy Uhler

May 7, 2019

U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is set to testify before a House appropriations subcommittee Tuesday. Bernhardt is likely to face questions about a severe maintenance backlog in the National Park Service, which says it can’t afford to keep its parks looking like what people expect. “These funding problems really threaten not just the integrity of […]

A volunteer cleans a restroom at Joshua Tree National Park on January 4, 2019 in California.

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