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EPA cuts could leave small rural towns choking in smoke

President Donald Trump's administration plans to cut up to 30% of the National Park Service's workforce, jeopardizing efforts to combat climate change and protect public lands from damage.
The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding is currently frozen, endangering projects aimed at conservation and restoring ecosystems.
National parks struggle to manage increasing visitation and climate impacts due to shrinking budgets and fewer staff, risking long-term environmental damage.

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The Washington Post

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EPA cuts could leave small rural towns choking in smoke

The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost.

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Fast Company

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This small Montana town is the gateway to Yellowstone. Trump’s budget cuts could decimate it

On March 1, hundreds of people gathered in Gardiner, Montana, at the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The crowd—which included residents from across the state and current and former public lands employees—was part of a nationwide protest against the layoffs of federal workers. Roughly 5% of National Park Service workers have been caught up in the sweeping layoffs carried out by Donald Trump’s administration and Elon Musk’s Depart…

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dailyclimate.org

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Trump’s workforce cuts threaten climate protection in national parks

Thousands of National Park Service employees face job cuts under President Trump’s plan to shrink the federal workforce, jeopardizing efforts to protect public lands from climate change.Twilight Greenaway reports for Grist.In short:After laying off about 1,000 park employees in February, the Trump administration plans to cut up to 30% of the National Park Service’s workforce, impacting both public-facing staff and scientists tracking climate imp…

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Grist

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Trump takes aim at the people who protect national parks from climate change

Reporting for this story was supported by the Climate Equity Reporting Project at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and is part of a project on how the Trump administration’s funding cuts are affecting Californians. The last few months have been a tumultuous time for National Park Service employees. After President Donald Trump took office, the federal agency laid off roughly 1,000 employees in a purge dubbed the Valentine’s Day mass…

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