(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 […]
WASHINGTON — The Not Invisible Act Commission, a cross jurisdictional advisory committee composed of law enforcement, Tribal leaders, federal partners, service providers, family members of missing and murdered individuals, and survivors, Wednesday transmitted its congressionally mandated recommendations to the Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and U.S. Congress. Federal responses to the Commission’s recommendations are […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) Saturday slammed the Biden administration for releasing a five-year plan for offshore energy development with a “maximum of three potential lease sales.” The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Proposed Final Program, which arrives over a year late, has zero lease sales until at least 2025 […]