The ruling comes more than a decade after the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group, first petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the walrus as endangered or threatened.
Alaska's Energy Desk
State upholds controversial permit for Donlin gold mine
The decision comes after an administrative law judge recommended that the DEC should not uphold the certificate in April.
Biden administration puts Arctic refuge leases on ice as it asks for new environmental reviews
The Interior Department has suspended oil and gas leases in ANWR that were issued to Alaska’s state-owned economic development corporation and two smaller companies in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Utilities propose changes to make vehicle charging stations more affordable
Faster chargers consume large amounts of electricity for short bursts of time, which means a business hosting a charging station may have to pay a high demand charge.
Frustration mounts as CDC keeps face mask rules for commercial fishing crews
This week, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and New Hampshire Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan wrote a letter to the CDC and Coast Guard asking them to work together to exempt commercial fishers from the mask requirement.
Hilcorp gets more time to replace leaky pipeline in Cook Inlet
Hilcorp’s line, which delivers fuel gas to a system of oil platforms in the inlet, sprung a leak last month.