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EPA STIFLES OPPOSITION TO GIANT ALASKA MINING DUMP

From: The National Memo

"The Trump administration is trying to rush through a review of the Pebble Mine in Alaska with some public hearings not even having microphones for speakers.…

FOUR DECISIONS IN THREE WEEKS: HOW TRUMP IS TRANSFORMING ALASKA

From: Alaska Public Media

“Finally, at the end of 2017, Congress allowed an excise tax collected on American oil to expire, which goes into a government trust used for oil spill cleanup…

FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR OIL SPILL FUND WILL END IN 2018

From: Juneau Empire

“On Monday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said by email that a 9-cent per-barrel excise tax on all American crude oil will expire at the end…

CIVIL SERVANTS COMPLAIN TRUMP IS SIDELINING WORKERS WITH EXPERTISE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT

From: Los Angeles Times

““The work of the EPA science arm has now been disconnected from the agency’s decision-making,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of the advocacy group Public…

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOMINEE WANTS TO OPEN PRISTINE ALASKAN REFUGE TO DRILLING

From: Think Progress

“During his time as an aide at the agency during the George W. Bush administration, current Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt “substantially rewrote official biological…


News Releases

FOREST SERVICE WANTS TO PAY MORE IN MONEY-LOSING TIMBER SALE

Alaska Region Urges Off-the-Books Cash to Logger to Sweeten Tongass Contract

NATIONAL FORESTS REMAIN VULNERABLE TO TIMBER THEFT AND FRAUD

Lawsuit Filed to Force U.S. Forest Service to Disclose the Fate of Promised Reforms

INTERIOR NOMINEE TIED TO ARCTIC REFUGE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

Bernhardt Aided Misleading Congress about Oil Drilling Effects in Arctic Refuge

FOREST SERVICE SCALPED ON TONGASS TIMBER SALES

Bad Sales Cost Taxpayers & Alaska Schools Big Money and Hurt the Forest

REMINDERS WHY PALIN WOULD BE TERRIBLE INTERIOR SECRETARY

Her Alaskan Record Reflects Rabid Anti-Science Approach to Environmental Issues