“The Justice Department that should be fighting to protect clean air and water and avert catastrophic climate change will now work on behalf of polluters to advance the poisoning of people and the planet.” The executive counsel at the fossil fuel behemoth ExxonMobil is leaving his role to join the Trump Justice Department’s newly renamed Energy and […]
“I can think of only one thing more satiric than the only country on Earth that still routinely makes fun of soccer fixing the world’s biggest soccer tournament in their own favor. That would be fixing it and losing anyway,” said one observer. President Donald Trump’s meddling in the 2026 FIFA World Cup came back […]
On July 8th, 1898 Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith was shot and killed in a shootout on the Juneau Wharf in Skagway. Soapy was a conman who preyed on miners, He earned the nickname “Soapy” from his notorious soap racket, where he sold bars of soap allegedly containing cash prizes—but only his gang members ever “won” […]
A new book featuring the work of multiple University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers maps the complex landscape of energy use and security in the Arctic. The “Routledge Handbook of Arctic Energy Transition” offers ways to understand the challenges and opportunities in coming Arctic energy transitions. The book notes that the Arctic is at a pivotal […]