The Bering Sea Elders Group called the plan a “milestone” for including Indigenous people in federal conversations and policy 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.
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.
Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of critical Native corp. shareholder
ACLU senior counsel Susan Orlansky says the justices’ decision outlines how the state’s regulations potentially fall afoul of the U.S. Constitution on free speech and due process grounds.
Federal and state officials sign right-of-way permit for controversial Ambler Road
The road would stretch 211 miles from the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining District east of Kotzebue and would cross Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
Northwest Arctic village of Kivalina on ‘high alert’ as 44 residents test positive for COVID-19
Locals are advised to hunker down and avoid contact with nonfamily members. The number of positive cases represents 10% of Kivalina’s population.