WASHINGTON – Friday, U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, issued the following statements condemning the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) for selecting the “no action” alternative in its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler). The ROD rejects Ambler, a private […]
Program provides funds to communities that are supporting the nation’s public lands, waters; invests in firefighters, police, schools, road construction WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior Wednesday announced that 30 local governments in Alaska will receive a total of $37.5 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024. Because local governments […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska, along with many other states for whom coal is an important natural resource,Friday filed a petition in U.S. District Court, District of Washington D.C., asking the court to vacate a recently adopted U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) rule that would, if left unchecked, severely undercut Alaska’s exclusive jurisdiction […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Thursday slammed the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) – including Secretary Deb Haaland – for repeatedly sanctioning resource development in Alaska regardless of local support, national need, and federal law. Murkowski’s comments came during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s hearing on DOI’s budget request for […]