[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice Thursday of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to compel the designation of critical habitat in Alaska for two ice seal species. Both bearded and ringed seals are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because their Arctic sea-ice habitat is melting. “As […]
Lawsuit Targets Cursory Federal Assessment of ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Drilling in Alaska Petroleum Reserve ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Native Village of Nuiqsut tribal government and five conservation groups have challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ winter exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska, America’s single largest area of public lands. […]
A top House Democrat says his committee will sue the Trump administration if the Justice Department withholds the Mueller report from the public. “We will obviously subpoena the report, we will bring Bob Mueller in to testify before Congress, we will take it to court, if necessary,” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told ABC’s This […]
ANCHORAGE, AK—On September 27, the Chuitna Citizens Coalition filed an appeal in state Superior Court challenging the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ unprecedented decision to deny their legal right to reserve water in a stream to protect wild salmon. “It’s just not fair. The state says mining companies can get rights to take water out […]