DILLINGHAM, AK – Thursday afternoon, nearly 1,300 Alaskans delivered comments to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) concerning the potential for the Pebble Limited Partnership to continue business as usual in Bristol Bay. Yesterday was the final day of an open comment period concerning the Pebble developer’s Miscellaneous Land Use Permits (MLUP) renewal application, […]
The Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) is a consolidated database of information about people known or “reasonably suspected” of being involved in terrorist activity. Maintained by the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the list is a counterterrorism tool that helps government agencies identify known or suspected terrorists who are trying to get visas, enter the United States, […]
In a blow to environmentalists, the Obama administration gave conditional approval to oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to go ahead with drilling six exploratory oil wells in the Chukchi Sea. The conditional approval by the Interior Department sets aside a major hurdle for the oil company as it continues with its plans for drilling in […]