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Court Ruling Retains e-Bike Rules In National Parks, But Calls For Study Of Impacts

While the National Park Service failed three years ago to carefully study the potential impact of e-Bike use in the National Park System, a federal judge did not block their use but simply directed the agency to take "a hard look" at positive and negative impacts.
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Lawsuit Challenges FAA License For Spaceport Near Cumberland Island National Seashore

A legal challenge has been mounted with hopes of reversing the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to issue an operating license to a commercial spaceport that would launch rocket ships over Cumberland Island National Seashore off the coast of Georgia.

Swapping Invasive Lemongrass For Fruit Trees In Antigua’s Rainforest

Near the top of the hike up Signal Hill where Antigua’s last remaining rainforest gives way to rocky barrens, clumps of a long and deceptively pretty plant with a bright, citrus aroma sprout from the volcanic soil. It’s lemongrass — that ingredient we all love in Thai curries and soups, but an invasive species that grows fast and burns easily on this Caribbean island because of the high oil content in its leaves.