WFB: The Trump administration is ending a policy implemented by former president Barack Obama that attempted to ban water bottles at national parks.
The National Park Service announced last week it was ending the so-called Water Bottle Ban, which the Obama administration implemented in 2011 to “reduce our carbon footprint.”
“In its commitment to providing a safe and world-class visitor experience, the National Park Service is discontinuing Policy Memorandum 11-03, commonly referred to as the ‘Water Bottle Ban,'” the agency said in a statement.
The National Park Service said the policy was counterproductive and only 23 out of 417 parks implemented the ban.
“The 2011 policy, which encouraged national parks to eliminate the sale of disposable water bottles, has been rescinded to expand hydration options for recreationalists, hikers, and other visitors to national parks,” the agency said. “The ban removed the healthiest beverage choice at a variety of parks while still allowing sales of bottled sweetened drinks. The change in policy comes after a review of the policy’s aims and impact in close consultation with Department of the Interior leadership.” read more
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I didn’t even know about the ban. One can only wonder what other awful things he did that we don’t know about.
PJ, you mean, like goats? He does have a Wookie.
@reboot
LOL
Funny, I Don’t Remember Obunghole Having A Problem With Pubescent Agitifa Members In Central Park ! (99%ers)
Are Democrats Just Dressed Up Slobs ?
The story fails to talk about the average cost per park to switch to water filling stations. A little research shows that it is anywhere between $2,000. and $15,000. per station, depending on how much conduit needs to be installed from a water supply. In most Nat’l parks, there would probably be at least two or more such stations.
But the biggest problem is obama’s stated motivation for doing this in the first place, and that was to “train” people to change their personal use of plastic water bottles at home. He said that park visitors would be exposed to “green” concepts and change their behavior at home, using refillable bottles instead of buying bottles of water.
Nudge, nudge, nudge. I really don’t like the idea of gov’t “training” me.