"Murkowski Warns Climate Change 'Directly Impacting' Alaska"
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday said climate change is "directly impacting" her home state's way of life."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2019
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"Critics Protest Proposed Drilling In Alaska’s Arctic Refuge"
"Protesters in Alaska urged federal officials to keep oil rigs out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge despite a federal law requiring lease sales in the wilderness area."
Source: AP, 02/13/2019
"Federal Judge May Soon Deliver Fate Of Alaska Refuge Road"
"A federal judge in Alaska is expected any day now to issue a ruling that could finally decide whether the people of the remote city of King Cove, Alaska, get to build a highly contentious single-lane road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."
Source: Greenwire, 02/12/2019
Delay in EPA Rule on Wood Stove Heating Fires Controversy
If a wood stove seems like a good solution to the winter’s bitter cold, you may want to think again. The unhealthful particulate pollution many such stoves generate has prompted new federal emission standards. But some states are pushing back, and the EPA is now considering a two-year delay in the new regulations. This week’s TipSheet has the latest news and why it matters, plus story ideas and reporting resources.
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"George, Reclusive Hawaiian Snail And Last Of His Kind, Dies At 14"
"George, the last of his species of Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year's Day. He was approximately 14 years old."
Source: NPR, 01/09/2019
Trump's Izembek Swap More About Seafood Transport Than Lifesaving?
"At the spot where a rugged chain of islands breaks away from the Alaska Peninsula, a secluded national refuge protects millions of seabirds, grizzly bears and caribou."
Source: Reveal, 01/09/2019
"Administration Moves Closer To Opening Arctic Refuge For Oil"
"The Trump administration moved closer on Thursday to opening thousands of miles within Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, issuing a draft report that concluded the polar bears, caribou and other wildlife could safely share their untouched wilderness with oil and gas producers."
Source: AP, 12/21/2018
"Groups Sue To Block Oil Production In Alaska's Beaufort Sea"
"ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block oil production from a proposed artificial gravel island in federal Arctic waters."
Source: AP, 12/18/2018
"Alaska: Fight Brews As Interior Eyes Drilling In Wetlands"
"The Interior Department tomorrow is due to auction off the last available oil and gas leases at the eastern edge of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 22.1-million-acre block of federal property on Alaska's North Slope."
Source: EnergyWire, 12/12/2018
Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note
Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”
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