ANCHORAGE – Tuesday, attorneys for 16 young Alaskans, including Alaska Natives, filed a petition for rehearing to the Alaska Supreme Court in the children’s constitutional climate case, Sagoonick v. State of Alaska. The petition for rehearing was filed in response to a split 3-2 decision on January 28th, where the Alaska Supreme Court denied the […]
Alexander Archipelago Wolves Threatened by Logging, Trapping SITKA, Alaska— Conservation groups filed a formal notice Wednesday of their intent to sue the federal government for failing to act on a petition to protect Alexander Archipelago wolves in Southeast Alaska under the Endangered Species Act. Increased trapping and extensive logging have caused rapid population declines for […]
Alexander Archipelago Wolves Threatened by Trapping, Forest Clearcutting SITKA, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Rainforest Defenders and Defenders of Wildlife petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to give Endangered Species Act protections to the Alexander Archipelago wolf in Southeast Alaska. This rare gray wolf subspecies, which inhabits the coastal rainforests of Southeast Alaska […]
After Donald Trump disparaged Mexicans in his speech as he was opening his run for the presidency, NBC has dropped Trump from their line-up. NBC cut the Billionaire Real Estate mogul from its line-up after Trump said on national TV, that Mexicans are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.” […]