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.
Are you a member of the press, or do you have a media-related question for the League? Contact Corey Himrod at 202-544-5205.
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Arctic Ocean 
Arctic Refuge 
National Petroleum Reserve-AK 
Alaska National Forests 
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Government blocks proposed mine that threatened Alaska salmon fishery
(The Guardian, 11/25/20)
Federal agency moves to revise OCS drilling rules
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 11/24/20)
Drilling the Arctic refuge doesn’t make sense — but Trump wants it to happen anyway
(Popular Science, 11/24/20)
Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Drill the Alaskan Wilderness
(Nexus Media, 11/24/20)
Biden opens the door to protecting the Arctic Refuge
Kristen Miller op-ed (The Hill, 11/22/20)
A destructive legacy: Trump bids for final hack at environmental protections
(The Guardian, 11/21/20)
Trump administration pushes for rollback of Arctic offshore drilling regulations
(The Hill, 11/19/20)
Interior slashes Arctic oil spill regulations
(E&E News, 11/19/20)
The frenzied final power moves of the Trump administration could change our planet forever
(The Independent, 11/19/20)
U.S. moves to loosen safety rules for Arctic Ocean oil drilling
(Reuters, 11/19/20)
Alaska Wilderness League's Adam Kolton and Author/Commentator Jared Yates Sexton (Podcast Ep: 233)
(Stand Up! with Pete Dominick, 11/18/20)
Conservation groups sue US to halt oil project in Alaska
(The Associated Press, 11/18/20)
Environmental groups sue Trump administration to stop ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project
(Anchorage Daily News, 11/18/20)
Trump offers licences to drill in Alaska's Arctic sanctuary
(BBC Radio Newsday, 11/18/20)
Trump Admin Hurriedly Selling ANWR Oil Leases Before Leaving Office
(Adventure Journal, 11/17/20)
Trump Team Rushes to Drill In Arctic — But Will They Fall Flat?
(Our Daily Planet, 11/17/20)
Trump Is Trying to Lease Arctic Land for Drilling Before Biden Takes Over
(VICE News, 11/17/20)
Trump administration calls for Arctic oil drilling bids in race to beat the clock before Biden takes office
(The Independent, 11/17/20)
Trump Administration, in Late Push, Moves to Sell Oil Rights in Arctic Refuge
(The New York Times, 11/16/20)
Trump administration takes steps toward refuge lease sale
(The Associated Press, 11/16/20)
Trump Rushes Environmental Regulations That Could Handcuff Biden
(Bloomberg, 11/16/20)
Trump administration to further advance lease sales at Arctic refuge: report
(The Hill, 11/13/20)
Trump administration pushes to sell Alaska oil leases pre-Biden inauguration
(Reuters, 11/13/20)
Yukon government opposes seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(Yukon News, 11/13/20)
With a Biden win, the window for oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge is closing
(Arctic Today, 11/10/20)
Refuge regulation changes go to public hearings
(KNBA — Alaska, 11/10/20)
Trump eyes midnight energy rules at DOE, Interior
(E&E News, 11/10/20)
Refuge regulation changes go to public hearings
(KDLL — Alaska, 11/2/20)
Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest exempted from national "roadless rule"
(SitNews, 10/30/20)
Protection of America’s Largest National Forest Overturned, Will Open to Logging, Road Construction
(Sunset Magazine, 10/30/20)
Trump's Interior Department Pressures Employees to Approve Seismic Testing in ANWR
(InsideClimate News, 10/29/20)
Trump Opens 9.3 Million Acres of Tongass National Forest to Logging
(Men's Health, 10/29/20)
Trump administration strips protection from US’s largest forest
(Al Jazeera, 10/29/20)
Trump administration will nix roadless limitations for Tongass forest
(Fairbanks News-Miner, 10/28/20)
Trump Guts Protections For Alaska Forest That His Hero Theodore Roosevelt Established
(HuffPost, 10/28/20)
Government approves Alaska Petroleum Reserve Willow project
(The Associated Press, 10/28/20)
ConocoPhillips Wins Key Approval for Willow Project in Alaska
(Natural Gas Intelligence, 10/28/20)
BLM releases plan for ANWR seismic exploration
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 10/28/20)
Trump to gut protections in Alaska’s Tongass forest, the ‘lungs of the country’
(The Guardian, 10/28/20)
Trump admin slashes roadless-rule restrictions
(E&E News, 10/28/20)
BLM approves massive Arctic oil and gas project
(E&E News, 10/28/20)
Trump administration approves Conoco’s Willow project in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
(Alaska Public Media, 10/27/20)
Trump administration approves ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
(Anchorage Daily News, 10/27/20)
The largest temperate rainforest on Earth, Alaska's Tongass, cannot be sacrificed
(The Hill, 10/27/20)
5 Environmental Boondoggles Trump Will Keep Pushing If He Wins
(Sierra Magazine, 10/26/20)
Legal victory in POW forest logging plan goes unchallenged by Department of Justice
(SitNews, 10/26/20)
Republicans want to open pristine Alaska wilderness to logging. It's a tragedy
(The Guardian, 10/25/20)
Trump administration releases new Arctic refuge seismic proposal submitted by Native village corporation
(Anchorage Daily News, 10/23/20)
Threat to the Tongass National Forest with Andy Moderow (Podcast Ep: 19)
(This American Land Podcast, 10/21/20)
Adam Kolton: Preserving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Podcast Ep: 5)
(For the Revolution Podcast, 10/20/20)