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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

April 19, 2024 Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant

The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.

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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

April 10, 2024 ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall

These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

March 11, 2024 ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool

Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Taxpayers Still on Hook for Oil and Gas Clean-up, Despite New Rule

September 25, 2023 Expert BlogTexas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, AlaskaRebecca Ramirez

BOEM's proposed rule falls short in requiring oil and gas companies to demonstrate they are financially able to fully remove and clean up platforms & pipelines.

Oregon Must Do More to Reduce Entanglements

July 10, 2023 Expert BlogOregon, United StatesDr. Francine Kershaw

Help our West Coast marine life and ask the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to require stronger management measures.

It’s Time to Transition Away from Offshore Oil Leasing

October 6, 2022 Expert BlogAlaska, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, FloridaIrene Gutierrez

Committee Approves Climate-Ready Updates to Fisheries Law

September 27, 2022 Expert BlogAlaskaMolly Masterton

In the Melting Arctic, a Reckoning to Save Indigenous Culture, Narwhals, and a Silent Sea

September 22, 2022 DispatchArcticBill Donahue

As a mining company seeks to ship millions of tons more of iron ore through caribou and narwhal habitat, good science requires the input of the Inuit.

Public Comment Needed on Oil and Gas Leasing Proposal

July 14, 2022 Expert BlogAlaska, LouisianaValerie Cleland, Lauren Kubiak

The Biden Administration Cancels Its Offshore Drilling Plan for Alaska’s Cook Inlet—Let’s Keep It Off the Books

May 13, 2022 DispatchAlaskaSusan Cosier

The lease sale would have endangered Indigenous communities, threatened rare whales, added to the Far North’s climate crisis, and gambled with a 20 percent chance for a large oil spill.

Interior Nixes Lease Sales in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico

May 12, 2022 Expert BlogAlaska, Louisiana, United StatesIrene Gutierrez

In a big win for communities and climate, three oil and gas offshore lease sales have been cancelled.

Orcas Lose a Grandmother, Matriarch L47

October 15, 2021 Expert BlogWashington, OregonGiulia C.S. Good Stefani

This Saturday is Orca Recovery Day and people are coming together for some healing—and to demand action.

Pebble Mine’s ESG Report: Destructive, Desperate, and Doomed

April 30, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

Hoping to greenwash reckless Bristol Bay mine as environmentally and socially responsible, Canadian owner Northern Dynasty Minerals’ report fools no one.

Groups Run “No Pebble Mine” Ad in the New York Times

April 29, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Full-page Ad Urges EPA to Veto the Pebble Mine and Permanently Protect Bristol Bay

Ads Urge EPA to Protect Bristol Bay, Veto Pebble Mine

April 27, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Broad-based coalition rolls out new media campaign on print and digital platforms in DC, calling on EPA to stop the Pebble Mine and permanently protect Bristol Bay.

Investors Say No to Pebble Mine, Yes to Bristol Bay—Again

April 7, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Fifty investment firms representing over $105 billion sent a letter to EPA and Congress urging permanent protection of Alaska's Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine.

Bristol Bay Salmon: A “Vitally Important Economic Engine”

March 18, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

A new report quantified the economic benefits of Bristol Bay’s wild salmon, which generate $2.2 billion in value, support 15,000 American jobs, and supply 57 percent of the world’s sockeye salmon. Bristol Bay’s wild salmon are also the lifeblood of…

Pebble Mine: Investors Beware

March 9, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

After denial of federal permit, Canadian owner of embattled Bristol Bay mining scheme doubles down on assurances to potential investors, ignoring intensifying support of demand by Alaskans for permanent protection of Bristol Bay fishery.