Glacial lakes are growing rapidly in Alaska, and research shows where growth will continue

Glacial lakes are growing rapidly in Alaska, and research shows where growth will continue

   A new study led by Colorado State University has found that glacial lakes in Alaska are expanding at an accelerating rate as glaciers melt, with rapid expansion over just six years. The research also projects where lakes could grow or form in the future – critical information for planning and public safety. The […]

Senate Unanimously Passes Sullivan-Whitehouse Bill to Combat Illegal Foreign Seafood Harvest

Senate Unanimously Passes Sullivan-Whitehouse Bill to Combat Illegal Foreign Seafood Harvest

  WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) celebrated the Senate’s recent unanimous passage of their Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act. The FISH Act would combat foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by blacklisting offending vessels from U.S. ports and waters, bolstering the U.S. Coast Guard’s enforcement capabilities and partnerships, […]

Trump Threatens to Flood US Airports With ICE as Senate GOP Blocks Dem Bill to Pay TSA

Trump Threatens to Flood US Airports With ICE as Senate GOP Blocks Dem Bill to Pay TSA

  “Trump’s paramilitary army of ICE agents does not belong in our airports and is not properly trained to do this work,” said one Democratic congresswoman. As Senate Republicans on Saturday voted against advancing a Democratic bill to pay Transportation Security Administration workers during talks over Department of Homeland Security funding, GOP President Donald Trump tried to pin the blame for the partial DHS shutdown […]

‘Maniacal Tyrant’ Trump and Iran Trade Threats to Energy Infrastructure Over Strait of Hormuz

‘Maniacal Tyrant’ Trump and Iran Trade Threats to Energy Infrastructure Over Strait of Hormuz

  After Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iranian power plants, one Democratic congressman said that “his worsening instability is a clear and growing threat, not only to the American people but to the world.” Democrats in Congress sounded the alarm over President Donald Trump pledging to commit more war crimes in Iran after he traded threats to energy infrastructure with the Iranian […]