“This is a significant win for the Arctic and for the climate,” said one campaigner. “Don’t just take our word for it, take Exxon’s: Oil and gas drilling in the Arctic is bad business.” Defenders of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Monday welcomed ExxonMobil’s statement to shareholders that the fossil fuel giant has no […]
Streamflow is increasing in Alaskan rivers during both spring and fall seasons, primarily due to increasing air temperatures over the past 60 years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder-led research. This increased volume of free-flowing water during the shoulder seasons is compounded by earlier snowmelt and thawing permafrost, also driven by increasing temperatures; all […]
(Bethel, AK) – A Superior Court Judge in Bethel granted the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s motion to dismiss Monday in Forrer v. State. The plaintiff, Eric Forrer, had alleged that the Department’s management of the Yukon and Kuskokwim King and Chum salmon runs had historically violated the sustained yield clause of the Alaska Constitution. These […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On April 12, 2023, a Fairbanks grand jury indicted Logan Alvin Bruce of North Pole for one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree. The charges stem from an incident which occurred on April 1, 2023 involving the shooting death of Aaron Ham, Bruce’s […]