The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is hosting a hearing Tuesday on the maintenance needs of America’s national parks. With the Senate taking up the issue, it is increasingly important to parse rhetoric from reality. Here’s the “political spin” you should be on the lookout for during the hearing.
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The Trump administration wants you to think America’s national parks are crumbling. They’re not.
Apr 17, 2018
Issue: Conservation Funding, Oil & Gas
Subject: Lobbying & Politics, National Parks
By Center for Western Priorities
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