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Are you a member of the press, or do you have a media-related question for the League? Below you'll find Alaska in the news, as well as the most recent press releases from the Alaska Wilderness League. Or contact Corey Himrod at 202-544-5205.
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Threat to the Tongass National Forest with Andy Moderow (Ep: 19)
(This American Land Podcast, 10/21/20)
Adam Kolton: Preserving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Ep: 5)
(For the Revolution Podcast, 10/20/20)
This Way of Life is our Birthright
(Geosphere, 10/20/20)
‘Dangerous’: National Climate Report Held Back By Trump
(The National Memo, 10/18/20)
An Indigenous Vision for Our Collective Future: Becoming Earth’s Stewards Again
(Nonprofit Quarterly, 10/14/20)
Locked in tight race, GOP Senator Dan Sullivan caught in Pebble Mine Scandal
(The Intercept, 10/12/20)
Can Canada stymie the Trump administration’s plan to open an Arctic refuge to oil drilling?
(The Narwhal/The Toronto Star, 10/9/20)
Trump administration plan would open Tongass to logging
(The Cordova Times, 10/7/20)
Trump administration eyes speedy permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seismic tests
(Politico, 10/4/20)
Long-delayed Trump administration study finds that climate change threatens polar bears
(The Washington Post, 10/2/20)
Trump Administration Set To Lift Protections On Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
(Forbes, 9/27/20)
Gwich’in Nation launches lawsuit in effort to stop Arctic Refuge oil drilling
(APTN News, 9/26/20)
The Trump Administration Moves to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Logging
(InsideClimate News, 9/26/20)
Rule recommendation met with both praise and distrust
(Juneau Empire, 9/26/20)
Trump Administration Moves To Allow Logging In Alaska's Tongass National Forest
(NPR, 9/25/20)
Trump administration advances plan to cut protections for largest national forest
(The Guardian, 9/24/20)
Trump Administration to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging
(The New York Times, 9/24/20)
Shell Plans to Resume Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration in Arctic Alaska
(High North News, 9/23/20)
Quannah Chasinghorse Is Fighting to Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(Teen Vogue, 9/22/20)
Oil Titans Mulling Arctic Drilling Targeted by Activist Groups
(Bloomberg, 9/17/20)
Gwich’in Voices Speak Out Against Oil Drilling in Alaska
(YES! Magazine, 9/7/20)
New rules for killing bears, wolves in national preserves challenged
(The Cordova Times, 9/1/20)
Trump administration sued over Arctic Refuge
(The Cordova Times, 8/31/20)
Interior Department sued over revised NPR-A plan
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 8/28/20)
Environmental groups challenge rule change on controversial hunting practices in National Preserves
(Alaska Public Media, 8/27/20)
CPAWS joins litigation against drilling plan
(The Associated Press, 8/26/20)
Greens sue over Alaska drilling plan
(Politico Morning Energy, 8/26/20)
Greens ask court to halt predator kills in Alaska preserves
(E&E News, 8/26/20)
Environmental groups sue to block drilling in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
(The Associated Press, 8/26/20)
2 lawsuits challenge Trump’s drilling plan in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The Associated Press, 8/25/20)
Trump’s Arctic Drilling Plan Challenged Over Polar Bear Threat
(Bloomberg, 8/24/20)
Agency reverses position, dealing setback for proposed Pebble mine
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/24/20)
Indigenous group, allies sue feds over 'illegal' leases in ANWR
(KTVA, 8/24/20)
The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued for Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling
(Gizmodo, 8/24/20)
How to Reverse Course on Trump’s Environmental Damage
(The New York Times, 8/22/20)
Trump Administration Approves Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(Sunset Magazine, 8/21/20)
Debate grows over plan to open Alaskan arctic refuge to drilling
(NBC News/The Today Show, 8/19/20)
9th Circ. Urged To Consider Caribou In Alaska Drill Plan
(Law 360, 8/18/20)
US approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska Wildlife refuge
(The Associated Press, 8/17/20)
US approves oil leasing plan for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; environmentalists call it 'shameless'
(USA Today, 8/17/20)
Interior Secretary Approves Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
(The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/20)
Trump finalizes drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The Washington Post, 8/17/20)
Trump administration announces plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
(ABC News, 8/17/20)
Trump Administration Finalizes Plan to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling
(The New York Times, 8/17/20)
Trump in final push to open up Alaska's Arctic refuge to oil and gas drilling
(The Guardian, 8/17/20)
Trump Administration Finalizes Drilling Plans in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(U.S. News & World Report, 8/17/20)
Trump Administration to approve oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic Refuge
(The Hill, 8/17/20)
Final Willow review out; production estimate grows again
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 8/14/20)
BLM mum on lease sale in Alaska reserve. That's a first
(E&E News, 8/12/20)
The Man Determined to Deliver Trump’s Alaskan Oil Promise
(Politico, 8/8/20)