Trump’s comments served as an admission, said one observer, that “the uranium was a false justification for war.” President Donald Trump and his top advisers have spent months insisting that extracting and confiscating highly enriched uranium from Iran was the top objective of the unprovoked war he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began in February—but on Tuesday […]
At just after 5 pm on June 17th,1953, fire broke out at the military port installation on the Whittier waterfront. The fire burned fiercely and within four hours there was nothing left to burn. The 1,200-foot wharf, three warehouses, the largest stiff-leg crane in Alaska, and a huge amount of supplies were destroyed. At least […]
“The American people deserve a foreign policy that serves American interests and American values,” said another critic, “not legislation that places the priorities of a foreign government above American sovereignty.” US Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday urged congressional lawmakers to strike a highly controversial provision from next year’s military spending authorization bill that is aimed at deepening integration […]
Alaska kelp farms, which have been viewed as a potential boon for reducing local carbon dioxide levels, have surprisingly murky effects on atmospheric CO2 removal, according to a new study. A University of Alaska Fairbanks-led project measured the amount of CO2 that was emitted and absorbed at two kelp farms in the Gulf of Alaska during […]