An outdoorsman launched a website to preserve national park history being erased by the Trump administration
For the past year, the Trump administration has removed or altered hundreds of signs and exhibits from national parks across the U.S. that covered topics like climate change, pollution, slavery, and Indigenous history.
Last month, a whistleblower posted a list of all of the signs, exhibits, and more the Trump administration had planned to alter or remove at national parks across the country.
Public lands advocate Mike Beebe said the while the documentation was helpful, it was difficult to sift through — so he created an interactive, searchable website called MissingParkHistory.com to preserve and document every piece of media set to be removed.
Why is this good news?People deserve to have accurate historical information, not history that’s been sanitized or cherry-picked to fit a particular narrative. We deserve to know about how climate change has impacted Glacier National Park, about air pollution in Bryce Canyon, and about slavery and civil rights, LGBTQ history, and internment camps — all histories our national parks and monuments help preserve.
Britain broke its solar energy generation record two days in a row
Solar farms in England, Wales, and Scotland generated 14.1 gigawatts of electricity at lunchtime on Monday, surpassing the previous record of 14 GW in July last year. One day later, that record was broken again, with 14.4 GW generated on Tuesday.
The back-to-back record-setting days happened as the government also approved plans for the U.K.’s largest solar farm to “bring stability and lower bills in an uncertain world” by increasing homegrown low-carbon energy.
Once complete, the newly approved project is expected to power the equivalent of 180,000 homes a year when generating at its maximum capacity.
“What you saw was a group of people who loved contributing, having meaningful contribution, and extracting joy out of that. And what we’ve been hearing is that was something special for you to witness.
I would suggest to you that when you look up here, you’re not looking at us. We are a mirror reflecting you. And if you like what you see, then just look a little deeper … this is you.”
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