Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who advocated on bills and budget items this past legislative session.
Remembering Forward: The Just Transition Summit Recap
The Alaska Just Transition Community held the second statewide Summit, coming together on Dena’ina Land to reflect, heal, look ahead, and center the knowledge held here for generations.
Entering the Rapids
The 32nd Alaska State Legislature is careening toward its grand finale. We all must remain vigilant. Obstacles approach fast.
Solar power heats up in Alaska
Programs like Solarize Anchorage, The Alaska Center, have facilitated group installations by multiple households, allowing for better prices.
Earth Day and the Electric Cooperative
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation eyeing take over of federal wetlands permitting program under Clean Water Act Section 404.
An Agency Boondoggle
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation eyeing take over of federal wetlands permitting program under Clean Water Act Section 404.
A DEC Budget Trap
So far, only three states in the United States have assumed primacy for dredge and fill permitting in wetlands. One of those states – Florida – assumed permit primacy in the waning days of the Trump administration. Like Governor Sean Parnell before him, Governor Dunleavy wants Alaska to pay for wetland permitting that is now being paid for by the …
It’s baaaaack!
HB 398 creates more bureaucracy, expense, and red tape that strips Alaskans of our right to protect our waters. This bill is bad.
Wetland Permitting
The Dunleavy Administration, DEC, mine promoters want state primacy on permitting to streamline industrialization of areas like the Bristol Bay.
OPINION: When will Alaska’s youth finally be heard on the climate crisis?
Young people across Alaska are bewildered. We are scared, exhausted and furious. We have watched with frustration and deep anxiety as our state government continues to put fossil fuels above our futures, actively making the climate crisis worse and inducing devastating harms like melting permafrost, worsening wildfires, coastal erosion, and loss of sea and river ice. For more than two …