The group signed off on a letter to other advisory committees around Alaska urging them to take action on climate change.
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Federal mining authorities ID man who died working at Red Dog Mine
A federal investigator is still at Red Dog Mine to determine the nature of the accident in their final report. To date, this is the sole fatality report the federal mining safety authority has filed on Red Dog.
Impending Crowley sale stokes fears of fuel monopoly in Ketchikan
Crowley Fuels is set to sell its Southeast Alaska business to Anchorage-based Petro Marine Services. Some fear the move could make life in the panhandle even less affordable.
Biden immediately slams brakes on oil drilling in Arctic refuge
President Joe Biden imposed a “temporary moratorium” on all oil and gas leasing activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shortly after taking office on Wednesday, citing the “alleged legal deficiencies underlying the program” and the inadequacy of a required environmental review.
Trump administration issues Arctic refuge oil leases at the last minute
Locking in the oil and gas leases could make it more difficult for Biden’s administration to reverse course.
Red Dog Mine employee dies in production drill incident, mine operators say
A spokesman for Teck said the federal Mining Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, and the only information they could provide was that the employee was male.
Yukon birders excited about rare ‘lifer’ species that made its way from Japan this winter
Hawfinch sightings in Haines Junction are a first for the Yukon Territory and a first for Canada.
Federal government moves toward Cook Inlet oil lease sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is planning to solicit bids on over 1 million acres in the inlet’s federal waters, which includes anything more than three miles offshore.
New climate action task force to tackle Sitka’s carbon footprint
The ways Sitka could and is being affected by climate change are numerous: the impact of warming oceans on the fishing industry, landslides, increased pest activity in the Tongass, more intense storms impacting utilities — the list could go on.
Arctic seals were listed as threatened in 2012. Now their sea ice habitat will be protected, too.
The Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas are home to a variety of marine mammals, including bearded seals and ringed seals. Though both species are in relative abundance, long-term projections forecast a threat to the once abundant sea ice that the seals live on. As a result, the species were listed as threatened in 2012 under the Endangered Species Act.