ANCHORAGE – The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed legislation that would improve oil spill response in Western Alaska as part of an annual authorization bill for the U.S. Coast Guard. Section 510 of H.R. 6865 would establish Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria, making the process for complying with oil spill response requirements […]
SOTU Response from Governor Mike Dunleavy on Vimeo. (Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued statements on energy Tuesday night in his reaction to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. “Mr. President, we need to view Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine as the imperialist aggression that it is and to recognize it as […]
“Top elected officials preferred to keep Americans in the dark and set policy based on political considerations, not science,” said one former CDC adviser. Documents released Friday reveal how in early 2020 the Trump administration downplayed the deadly danger posed by the nascent Covid-19 pandemic, silencing and sidelining top health officials who tried to warn the […]
Residents of Huntington Beach, California, say authorities were slow to react to a large oil spill off the coast. The spill, which has sullied the beaches and poses a threat to wildlife, is believed to come from a leak in an underwater pipeline. Residents say they noticed oil and the smell of petroleum Friday evening, […]