LONDON – An estimated 100,000 merchant seafarers are stranded across the world because of the coronavirus pandemic in what campaigners call a “humanitarian crisis” that threatens global supply chains and are calling on all countries to recognize the 1.6 million people who work on board merchant vessels as key workers, including allowing them to travel […]
While out on a springtime snow trail, I recently saw a dozen white-winged crossbills pecking at snow on the side of the trail. When I reached the spot, I saw a yellow stain from where a team of dogs had paused. Last spring, I saw a bunch of crossbills gathered near an outhouse. They were […]
DHSS today announced 232 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 231 were residents in: Anchorage (94), Wasilla (34), Palmer (21), Bethel Census Area (15), Fairbanks (10), Eagle River (9), Chugiak (7), Seward (7), North Pole (5), Delta Junction (4), Big Lake (2), Kenai (2), Nome (2), Soldotna (2), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (2), Valdez […]
“Cleaner and lower-cost wind and solar, coupled with battery storage, will drive fossil fuels out of the market.” The nation’s transition from dirty to renewable energy is “nearing exponential growth”—a shift set to usher in “transformative” impacts within a handful of years. So declares the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its “U.S. […]