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Congress considers permanent national park fee increase for international visitors
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Congress considers permanent national park fee increase for international visitors

 President Donald Trump’s executive order increasing fees at National Parks for foreign tourists could soon be made permanent by a new bill led by Indiana Senator Jim Banks. The Patriot Parks Act looks to address the U.S. National Park Service’s (NPS) $23 billion maintenance backlog that threatens repairs to visitor facilities, trails, roads, and NPS conservation needs. “Americans...

Calvert: Growing the defense innovation ecosystem
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Calvert: Growing the defense innovation ecosystem

Early during my time on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, I quickly realized continuing along the same path for buying capability was not sustainable and would threaten our national security. As the Defense Subcommittee Chairman, I put dollars where they could immediately impact the most change, disrupt the DoD from within, and grow the defense...

Low-Energy Fridays: How Long Should Energy Subsidies Last?
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Low-Energy Fridays: How Long Should Energy Subsidies Last?

The passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” means that subsidies for wind and solar power are slated for repeal after 2027. Unsurprisingly, this has sparked a litany of analyses explaining just how catastrophic the end of these subsidies will be for the United States and the world. While there’s good reason to doubt those claims, they shouldn’t...

Making America Beautiful Through Better Federal Land Management 
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Making America Beautiful Through Better Federal Land Management 

But these landscapes and ecosystems cannot thrive without intentional conservation and responsible stewardship.

That’s why it was fitting that the President signed the “Make America Beautiful Again” executive order one day before Independence Day, an initiative aimed at conserving and restoring America’s natural environment for future generations.

Thompson Eyes Farm Bill Effort in Fall to Address SNAP, Avoid ‘Poverty Cliff’
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Thompson Eyes Farm Bill Effort in Fall to Address SNAP, Avoid ‘Poverty Cliff’

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson wants to move legislation this fall to address farm and nutrition programs left out of the budget reconciliation bill. Thompson, R-Pa., told reporters Tuesday the bill would need about $8 billion in additional funding over 10 years, far less than the $66 billion spending increase included in the reconciliation...

Turkey’s clean power growth is bad news for gas market bulls
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Turkey’s clean power growth is bad news for gas market bulls

Turkey is one of the world’s fastest-growing power markets, and exporters of natural gas and LNG have eyed the country as a key potential growth market. But rapid expansions to Turkey’s clean power supplies may leave them disappointed. Surging solar capacity lifted Turkey’s solar-powered electricity supplies above gas-fired electricity output for the first time last...

New USDA Rule Seeks to Streamline Environmental Reviews
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New USDA Rule Seeks to Streamline Environmental Reviews

Energy developers, foresters, and farmers alike are all too familiar with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). At the USDA, NEPA has stifled progress through lengthy environmental impact statements and redundant environmental assessments for projects ranging from farmland conservation to forest management and livestock grazing.

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