“It’s time to stop subsidizing them and start facing the climate crisis,” says a BailoutWatch analyst. Bolstering arguments against providing further public benefits to the fossil fuel industry, a BailoutWatch analysis published Friday reveals that 77 companies got a collective $8.24 billion tax bailout last year, then laid off tens of thousands of employees. The tax benefits […]
Avalanche danger remains elevated throughout much of the state this weekend. Over the last several days there have been several close calls as well as an avalanche fatality in Alaska. If you are planning on recreating in the mountains or backcountry over the next several days, be sure to be prepared for the heightened avalanche […]
WASHINGTON – Two U.S Capitol Police officers were injured Friday when a driver slammed a car into a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol. One of the officers later died at a hospital. According to the U.S. Capitol Police, the suspect exited a car with a weapon but was taken into custody. Local law enforcement told […]
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 […]