Groups urge NPS to ban sales of plastic water bottles

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This story was updated June 24.Advocacy groups are urging the Biden administration to revive a ban on the sale of plastic water bottles atnational parks.The coalition - which includes Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), GreenLatinos andBeyond Plastics - filed a petition yesterday urging the National Park Service to immediately ban the sale ofplastic water bottles and reduce plastic waste by 75% by 2026."President Biden has declared that combating climate change and addressing environmental justice should be agovernment-wide priority," Mark Magaña, the founding president and CEO of GreenLatinos, said in a statement.