Forty-one volcanoes that have erupted since the 1700s. Eleven percent of the world’s earthquakes. Glaciers of an ever-changing number that probably tops 100,000. Alaska has its share of superlatives, and here’s another one — Alaska has the largest maar on Earth. What’s a maar? It looks a lot like a lake, it’s circular and […]
Internal emails reveal efforts, led by Interior’s top lawyer Daniel Jorjani, stifling the flow of information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act Washington, DC – Hundreds of Interior Department emails, gained through a year of litigation against the Trump administration, reveal harmful new practices at play at Trump’s Interior Department. Earthjustice […]
House-Senate conference committee to sort out differences in versions of HB49 JUNEAU – The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted against concurring with changes the Senate made to House Bill 49. In the span of just a few days, the Senate added or changed roughly 75 sections and grew the bill by 23 pages. […]
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ethel – This morning Orutsararmiut Native Council, in coordination with other Yukon Kuskokwim tribal organizations, submitted another set of letters to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for continuing to issue permits and authorizations despite repeated requests for Government to Government consultation. DNR has not responded to the repeated requests from tribes for […]