As much of Alaska’s landmass crosses the magical temperature threshold that turns ice and snow into water, it’s time to consider the state’s richness in a resource more essential to humans than oil or gas. Clear as gin, brown as iced tea or tinted aquamarine by glacial dust, Alaska’s freshwater supply is so abundant the […]
“The implications of this speak to the pipeline’s integrity and the effect climate change is having on pipeline safety in general.” Alaska’s thawing permafrost is undermining the supports that hold up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, putting in danger the structural integrity of one of the world’s largest oil pipelines. In a worst-case scenario, […]
The tar sands project “poses a significant threat to water, Indigenous treaty rights, and worsens the global climate crisis,” the group wrote to Biden’s Interior Secretary. “So far, President Biden and the Army Corps of Engineers haven’t listened to our voices — we are hoping they will listen to yours.” Indigenous women leaders invite […]
After more than a decade of grassroots organizing, agitation, and tireless opposition by the international climate movement, the final nail was slammed into the Keystone XL’s coffin Wednesday afternoon when the company behind the transnational tar sands pipeline officially pulled the plug on its plans. Following consultation with Canadian officials and regulators—including “its partner, the Government of Alberta”—TC Energy confirmed […]