"The only interest he has in our parks is the money he can make from them. Case in point is how Socha, as an executive for the hospitality company Delaware North, sued the NPS for $51 million for the naming rights to Yosemite National Park, Ahwahnee, Wawona, etc., claiming they were the company's intellectual property. Twenty-two years as concessionaire entitles them to own and profit from the names? How absurd and disrespectful."
"The first words in the article are, The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding. News flash: That's not how science works. The physics and chemistry of climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels are not altered by politicians uttering nonsense. If Donald Trump issued an executive order revoking gravity, he'd still be well-advised not to walk off a cliff."
Scott Socha, nominated to lead the National Park Service, has pursued corporate profits from park assets, including suing the NPS for $51 million claiming naming rights to Yosemite properties. Delaware North asserted intellectual property claims over names like Ahwahnee and Wawona after operating concessions for 22 years. Such actions suggest prioritizing revenue over stewardship and accessibility, prompting calls to reject the nomination. The revocation of an Endangerment Finding does not change the physics and chemistry of greenhouse gas-driven climate change. Dismantling climate rules risks ceding clean-energy manufacturing and jobs to competitors and undermines U.S. economic growth.
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