Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska, Author at KTOO

Oct 10 2018

B.C. tribe sues U.S. barge company over 2016 spill

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Environment, Southeast, Transportation

A Canadian tribe seeks damages from a U.S. barge company over a 2016 fuel spill in B.C. waters. The tribe claims the accident demonstrates the risk posed by fuel shipments to Alaska via the Inland Passage.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 10, 2018 5:33 pm

Oct 10 2018

Red Mountain B.C. gold mine nears approval

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Energy & Mining, Environment, Southeast

Another B.C. metals mine in a transboundary watershed is nearing regulatory approval. Critics worry about long-term storage of tailings upstream from Portland Canal.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 10, 2018 11:21 am

Oct 08 2018

Roadless advocates pack Tongass hearing

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Federal Government, Outdoors, Southeast, Timber, Wildlife

Gov. Walker’s advisory panel is looking at where roads could be built inside the Tongass National Forest. But more than two dozen people testified at a hearing in Juneau against the idea.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 8, 2018 11:05 am

Oct 03 2018

POW Craig Municipal Building (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska's Energy Desk) 12/20/17

Craig voters reject property tax repeal

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Southeast

Craig voters overwhelmingly supported paying property taxes by rejecting an anti-tax measure. The city of about 1,200 on Prince of Wales risked losing about a fifth of its revenue stream.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 3, 2018 1:37 am

Oct 01 2018

This clear-cut in the Tongass National Forest on Kupreanof Island north of Petersburg is visible from the air in 2014.

Gov. Walker’s ‘roadless rule’ panel takes shape

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Southeast, Timber

Timber, fishing and mining interests have been tapped by Gov. Walker for an advisory panel over development in the Tongass National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service is eyeing an Alaska-specific rule that could relax road building and logging restrictions.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 1, 2018 11:59 pm

Sep 27 2018

Mount Polley engineers face disciplinary hearings

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Energy & Mining, Southeast

Engineers at the Canadian mine that discharged millions of cubic yards of tailings stand accused of negligence by their professional peers. The copper-gold mine waste discharged into salmon-producing rivers that are important to Alaska fisheries.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 27, 2018 5:11 pm

Sep 18 2018

The Holland America cruise ship Zaandam docked in Juneau on June 22, 2018. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Juneau’s cruise passenger fee lawsuit heads toward trial

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Juneau, Tourism

Attorneys sparred over the constitutionality of Juneau’s head tax levied on cruise ship passengers. The oral arguments in federal court could be a prelude of things to come as the lawsuit heads toward trial.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 18, 2018 5:03 pm

Sep 17 2018

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker looks out over Sitka Sound, as trollers pass by calling for him to not sign a Pacific Salmon Treaty that would further cut Alaska’s allocation. The salmon fleet organized a boat parade and rally to send that message. (Photo by Emily Kwong/KCAW)

Alaska salmon negotiators accept fewer ‘treaty fish’

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Fisheries, Southeast

Alaska’s treaty delegation is putting a brave face on a cut to Alaska’s share of cross-boundary salmon. The Pacific Salmon Treaty allocates salmon stocks between the U.S. and Canada.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 17, 2018 5:14 pm

Sep 13 2018

Cruise ship air quality violations spike in Alaska

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Environment, Southeast, Tourism

Alaska regulators have sent nine air quality violation notices for cruise ships in Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Haines and Seward. That’s as more than 134 people have called the state’s hotline to report cruise ship air pollution.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 13, 2018 8:37 pm

Sep 11 2018

Crew of the M/V Fairweather presented cake to passengers on Sept. 9, 2018, in an impromptu ceremony celebrating what will likely be the fast ferry's final run in Southeast Alaska.

Southeast bids adieu to fast ferry Fairweather

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Southeast, Transportation

The state’s sole remaining fast ferry made its last run of the season between Skagway and Juneau. After 14 years there’s uncertainty whether the M/V Fairweather will ever return to Southeast.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 11, 2018 9:53 pm

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B.C. tribe sues U.S. barge company over 2016 spill

Red Mountain B.C. gold mine nears approval

Roadless advocates pack Tongass hearing

Craig voters reject property tax repeal

Gov. Walker’s ‘roadless rule’ panel takes shape

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