Members of the One People Canoe Society are traveling this week from Alaska to North Dakota to paddle in protest over a controversial pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has asked paddlers from around the country to show support with a float down the Missouri River.
Alaska's Energy Desk
Clock is ticking on state dispute with Prudhoe Bay leaseholders
Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has demanded detailed information on how North Slope companies plan to market the region’s natural gas. Companies have resisted, arguing the information either does not exist or would be illegal to hand over.
New 3-D map will help monitor climate change in Alaska
Topographic maps created from satellite imagery will enable anyone to observe and document changes such as eroding coastlines or melting glaciers.
As summer ends, daily high temperature records fall around the state
Nine communities around the state broke daily high temperature records Tuesday, including Kenai at 71 degrees, Bethel at 72 degrees and Anchorage at 74.
Forest Service gives go ahead for Kuiu Island timber sale
An old growth timber sale recently announced in a Ketchikan newspaper has one conservation group scratching its head. That’s because this type of harvest, near valuable salmon streams, won’t be allowed in the future.
Should Alaskans fear diseases frozen in the permafrost?
Scientists have talked about the possibility of epidemics caused by thawing permafrost, but until now, it’s only been a theory. If the Siberian anthrax outbreak is traced back to spores in the permafrost, it would be a troubling development.