Liberty Would Be First Offshore Drilling Project in Federal Arctic Waters ANCHORAGE—The Trump administration Thursday announced the issuance of federal take permits that would allow Hilcorp Alaska to kill or seriously injure 14 whales and nine ice seals as it constructs the Liberty offshore drilling island. The controversial project would be the first offshore drilling […]
JUNEAU― More than 400,000 people and dozens of local tribal, government, business and national recreation groups have flooded the U.S. Forest Service with comments opposing its plan to undo safeguards that prevent clearcutting and road building in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The comment period ends Tuesday. The Trump administration wants to gut longstanding protections for the nation’s largest national forest. This […]
Environmental and public health advocates blasted the Trump administration Thursday for finalizing its rollback of an Obama-era regulation designed to curb the pollution of waterways nationwide. “Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River fire that inspired the Clean Water Act, President Trump’s administration wants to turn back the clock to the days of poisoned flammable water,” declared Abigail […]
Prioritizes Health and Safety of Future Generations WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Wednesday commended the Trump administration for its announcement on banning flavored e-cigarettes. The U.S. Department of Human Services announced plans for the FDA to finalize a compliance policy, which would place a ban on all non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes. This announcement follows […]
SEOUL / WASHINGTON – North Korea fired two short-range projectiles Tuesday, hours after offering to resume nuclear talks with the United States. It is North Korea’s tenth round of weapons tests since early May, when Pyongyang resumed launching ballistic missiles following a year-and-a-half hiatus. The launch suggests North Korea will continue pressuring the United States, […]
WASHINGTON- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore the press credentials of Playboy correspondent Brian Karem, whose hard pass was suspended after he got into a shouting match with conservative radio host and former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka in the Rose Garden following a social media summit in July. U.S. District […]
WASHINGTON— Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to eliminate direct limits on methane pollution from new and modified oil and gas infrastructure. “This reckless rollback pours fuel on the flames of a world on fire,” said Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. “The EPA is now so determined to […]
“What if instead of dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes we just passed a Green New Deal and made fossil fuel billionaires pay for the devastation of climate disasters?” As he refuses to take action to combat the climate crisis, which scientists say is making extreme weather events more intense and devastating, President Donald Trump reportedly suggested […]
DILLINGHAM, AK – As the EPA announced it would withdraw the proposed Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay, the region was left with the clear message that under the Trump Administration, biased politics, and not science, rule the day. The decision by EPA, which comes at the peak of the summer fishery when […]