Alaska Wilderness League staff and supporters live in every corner of this country. Whenever concerned citizens voice their passion for Alaska’s wilderness in the media, we catalog it. Below you'll find Alaska in the news, as well as the most recent press releases from the League.
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Biden Suspends Oil Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge While Supporting Drilling Elsewhere in Alaska
(EcoWatch, 6/2/21)
Biden Urged to Go Further After ‘Strong Step’ Toward Protecting Arctic Refuge From Drilling
(Alaska Native News, 6/2/21)
Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The Washington Post, 6/1/21)
Biden Suspends Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The New York Times, 6/1/21)
Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
(The Associated Press, 6/1/21)
Biden suspends Trump-era oil and gas leases in Alaska refuge
(Reuters, 6/1/21)
Lorraine Netro awarded the Glen Davis Conservation Prize
(Yukon News, 5/30/21)
Biden’s Justice Department Is Defending a Trump-Era Plan to Drill the Arctic
(Earther, 5/28/21)
Biden backs enormous Trump-era Alaska oil drilling project opposed by environmentalists
(The Independent, 5/28/21)
Biden administration throws support behind Willow oil project
(Alaska Public Media, 5/27/21)
Environmentalists condemn Biden's backing of Alaska oil drilling project
(Reuters, 5/27/21)
Biden officials condemned for backing Trump-era Alaska drilling project
(The Guardian, 5/27/21)
Biden Administration Defends Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project
(The New York Times, 5/26/21)
The outdoors are so white. Here’s how Lena Waithe and Jimmy Chin could change that
(Fast Company, 5/25/21)
Meet Chad Brown, founder of Love is King
(Outside Business Journal, 5/17/21)
Arctic coastal drilling rules stay
(Politico Morning Energy, 5/10/21)
Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling
(The Associated Press, 5/7/21)
Adam Kolton, 53, Dies; Led Fight to Protect Alaskan Refuge
(The New York Times, 5/3/21)
Adam Kolton, who helped fend off development in Alaska’s wild places, dies at 53
(The Washington Post, 4/30/21)
Remembering Adam Kolton
(Our Daily Planet, 4/30/21)
Adam Kolton, defender of the Arctic refuge, dies
(E&E News, 4/27/21)
Kolton, Champion for Collaborative Conservation, Left ‘Indelible Mark’ on Wildlife, Arctic Conservation
(National Wildlife Magazine, 4/26/21)
Agriculture Department urged to stop funding logging roads in Tongass
(The Cordova Times, 4/22/21)
The Calming, Healthful Joy of Visiting an Old-Growth Forest Near You
(Bloomberg, 4/22/21)
Conservation and climate groups call on USDA to end subsidies for Tongass logging
(SitNews, 4/20/21)
Haaland Pivots Interior Toward Renewable Energy
(Outside Online, 4/19/21)
Hurtigruten Will Donate to Protect Alaskan Wildlife
(Travel Pulse, 4/19/21)
Hurtigruten to Donate 1% of Alaska Cruise Cost to Charity
(Cruise Industry News, 4/19/21)
Haaland begins work of reversing Trump's pro-fossil fuel, anti-climate agenda
(Hatch Magazine, 4/17/21)
Interior secretary revokes Trump-era energy orders
(Alaska's News Source, 4/17/21)
'Watershed Moment' as Haaland Revokes Trump-Era Orders, Creates Climate Task Force
(EcoWatch, 4/17/21)
Moderate nominee shifts battle line over deputy post
(E&E News, 4/15/21)
Ninth Circuit Court Confirms Obama-Era Protections for Arctic, Atlantic Oceans
(YubaNet, 4/14/21)
Appeals court backs drilling protections reinstated by Biden
(The Hill, 4/13/21)
Conservation Alliance Awards $1.1 million to Indigenous-Led Conservation Projects
(Inside Outdoor Magazine, 3/31/21)
Here Are 9 Gorgeous Minutes On Why ANWR Must Remain Wild
(Adventure Journal, 3/25/21)
White House pulls nominee for Interior’s No. 2 post after opposition from centrists
(The Washington Post, 3/23/21)
Haaland's Confirmation as Interior Secretary Hailed as 'Historic and Hopeful Moment'
(EcoWatch, 3/16/21)
Interior to review federal fossil fuel program, Trump public land fire sale
(YubaNet, 3/9/21)
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. blames feds for missed ANWR deadline
(Alaska Public Media, 2/26/21)
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation misses key deadline to do seismic work in Arctic refuge this winter
(Alaska Public Media, 2/22/21)
500 NGOs Implore Senate Leaders to Confirm Deb Haaland for Interior
(EnviroNews, 2/22/21)
Appeals court brings Willow project work to temporary halt
(The Cordova Times, 2/16/21)
Judges block work at ConocoPhillips’ huge Alaska project, casting cloud over “North Slope Renaissance”
(Alaska Public Media, 2/16/21)
Biden seeks delays on Arctic drilling challenges
(The Hill, 2/10/21)
ConocoPhillips Alaska Construction Blocked Pending Appeal
(Bloomberg, 2/8/21)
Oil and gas industry fears Biden will halt key projects in Alaska
(The Arctic Sounder, 2/5/21)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick sponsors bill to protect Arctic National Refuge
(The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/4/21)
ConocoPhillips Alaska Road Construction OK’d Pending Lawsuit
(Bloomberg, 2/2/21)
Will President Biden's plans to transition away from oil drilling leave Alaska’s economy behind?
(Anchorage Daily News, 1/31/21)