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• Report Virginians for Healthy Air Newsletter Virginians for Healthy Air is a network of Virginia businesses, civic groups, and nonprofit organizations that share the vision of healthy air for the Commonwealth and for Virginia’s national parks, including Shenandoah.
• Report Clean Air Health Findings in the Southwest A report on clean air health findings in the Southwest by Dr. George Thurston.
• Press Release Budget Proposal Threatens National Parks Mar 2017 Cuts to Interior Department, EPA puts parks, park resources in jeopardy.
• Press Release Ozone Levels in National Parks Continue to Increase, Parks Group Asks Congress Not to Strip Out Protections Against the Dangerous Pollutant Sep 2011 With ozone exceedances already at a three-year high, two pieces of legislation threaten to rollback important protections against unhealthy emissions known to cause premature death, asthma attacks, pulmonary problems and various other respiratory ailments
• Press Release National Park Advocacy Group Commends Administration for Bold New Methane Rules Jan 2015 Major Step on Climate Pollution will Protect America's Special Places
• Blog Post Why I’m Speaking Out to Protect the Park I Love Apr 2017 | By Valerie Naylor Meridian Energy Group is just a few permits away from building a proposed oil refinery 3 miles from the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt’s namesake park, but economic growth in North Dakota does not have to come at the expense of one of America’s most special places.
• Press Release Groups Ask EPA to Ensure New Ozone Standards Protect National Parks Mar 2010 Ground-level ozone damages park ecosystems
• Press Release President Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Target National Parks Feb 2020 This budget is yet another example of the lack of understanding and respect this administration has for the significance of our parks.
• Policy Update Welcome to the 116th Congress Jan 2019 On behalf of all of us who work at the National Parks Conservation Association and our more than 1.3 million members and supporters nationwide, welcome to the 116th Congress.
• Blog Post One Notorious Polluter in Texas Has Me Hopeful We Can Clean Up Our Act Oct 2017 | By Stephanie Kodish Vistra Energy is closing three of the worst polluting coal plants in the country — not because it has to, but because it makes good business sense. That’s a victory for everyone.
• Press Release Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Reversal on Utah Regional Haze Plan Jan 2021 Lawsuit seeks to reinstate heightened requirements for pollution controls on twin coal-fired plants
• Press Release NPCA Statement on Today's Announcement by Arizona Public Service Co. to Close a Coal-Fired Generator at the Cholla Power Plant Sep 2014 Statement by NPCA Senior Program Manager Kevin Dahl
• Press Release President’s Budget Proposal Damaging to National Parks as They Continue to Recover from Government Shutdown Mar 2019 If enacted, the President's budget would jeopardize the protection, maintenance and operation of our more than 400 national parks across the country.
• Blog Post Trump Uses Executive Power to Shirk Responsibility on Climate Change Mar 2017 | By Mark Wenzler Executive order ignores science and public opinion to outline a devastating future for people and parks
• Press Release New Methane Rules Will Help Protect National Parks Nov 2016 Finalized BLM Rules Will Curb Emissions from Nearby Oil and National Gas Facilities
• Press Release President-Elect Biden to Prioritize Conservation and Climate Change, Benefitting National Parks Across the Country Nov 2020 "Together, we can make a real difference for our communities, our parks and our environment." - Theresa Pierno
• Policy Update Position on the Clean Power Plan Apr 2018 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to the EPA in response to their effort to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
• Press Release National Parks and Public Lands Are Key to President Biden’s Plan to ‘Build Back Better’ Mar 2021 President Biden ran on the promise to build our nation back better, and our national parks, public lands and waters play a critical role in achieving this ambitious goal. 
• Press Release Utahans Urge EPA to Reject Plan to Pollute Southwest National Parks Feb 2020 EPA seeks to approve weak Utah Haze Plan that threatens parks and communities.
• Press Release EPA Declares Regions Exceeding Ozone Limits: Areas Include More than 95 National Parks May 2018 EPA unveils what national parks are in areas that are not meeting the new, more protective ozone limit.
• Magazine Article Generating Controversy Spring 2015 | By Peter Friederici The Navajo Generating Station was supposed to improve the lives of the native people living in its shadow, but its only real legacy is the polluted skies over the American Southwest.
• Blog Post Porter Ranch: A Dangerous Wake-Up Call for People, Parks, and the Climate Jan 2016 | By Nicholas Lund Two federal agencies are already working to address the problem of methane leaks—why we need to push harder for better regulations.
• Press Release Administration Rolls Back Methane Waste Protections Feb 2018 Weakened methane waste rule puts public health, lands at risk.
• Letter Best Available Retrofit Technology at the Cholla Power Plant On behalf of National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club, Earthjustice respectfully submits the following comments regarding the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) proposed Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) “reassessment” for the Cholla Power Plant.
• Press Release House Moves to Encourage Drilling in National Parks Jan 2017 Reversal of drilling rules part of larger attempt by Congress to weaken park protections.
• Blog Post Why See Utah If You Can't See It Clearly? Mar 2016 | By Cory MacNulty A new plan to clean up haze in the Southwest could help both parks and people—but without public action, Utah could be subjected to the same pollution problems it's had for years.
• Press Release White House Announces Plan to Curb Methane Emissions Mar 2014 Statement by NPCA Oil and Gas Program Manager Nick Lund
• Blog Post One Year Later: 5 Major Issues for National Parks in 2018 Jan 2018 | By Theresa Pierno On the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, NPCA is looking ahead at key fights to protect America’s national parks in 2018.
• Press Release NPCA Supports Nomination of Tommy Beaudreau for Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary and Shannon Estenoz for Assistant Secretary of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Apr 2021 Now, more than ever, we need strong leaders like Tommy Beaudreau and Shannon Estenoz to speak up for our treasured landscapes and the irreplaceable wildlife they protect.
• Press Release Trump Administration Aims to Gut Environmental Law that Protects Public Health, Environment and National Parks Jan 2020 The administration is attempting to gut a law that has protected America’s public lands and national parks for the last 50 years. 
• Press Release Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Can’t Come at Cost to Parks Jan 2018 Dismantling conservation laws non-starter for national parks group.
• Press Release BLM Moves Forward With Oil, Gas Lease Sales, Threatens Nearby Southwest National Parks Sep 2017 Oil, gas sales scheduled to occur Near Utah, New Mexico park sites.
• Press Release Groups Urge Secretary Zinke to Include Public in Public Land Policies Apr 2017 Concern that without any public input, Interior will undo smart land management guidance that took years to develop.
• Letter National Park Groups Thank President for Methane Announcement New rules will help protect parks from the impacts of climate change.
• Report Center for State of the Parks: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve According to an assessment by NPCA's Center for State of the Parks, current overall conditions of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve's known natural resources rated a "good" score of 89 out of 100.

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