by Maggie Rabb | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and disproportionate health impacts Great news for people who love fish — we got a response from the EPA about a petition we filed way back in 2015 saying they’re requiring Alaska to...
by Aaron Brakel | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
How long does it take you to read a 300-page novel? Now, how long do you think it would take to read 294 pages of a mine’s 5-year operating plan? OK, you don’t really have to answer that — we can tell you now that two weeks to read the Palmer...
by Nathan Newcomer | Apr 3, 2024 | Blog, Featured
Earlier this year, Alaska’s (now former) State Forester, Helge Eng, said the Division of Forestry & Fire Prevention and the Alaska Mental Health Trust are “charged with essentially maintaining a timber supply to keep the (logging) industry going until federal...
by Aaron Brakel | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Reports of more than 105,000 gallons of mine waste spilling from a ruptured tailings pipeline at Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine in late January hit the news yesterday. Read the story from KTOO While Coeur Alaska claims the spilled tailings are geochemically inert and...
by Katie Rooks | Feb 29, 2024 | Blog, Featured
We all benefit from public lands — what happens if they become private lands? Companion bills HB 282 and SB 199 would allow Alaska Departments of Education & Early Development and Transportation to lease or sell state land directly to private parties (instead of...
by Katie Rooks | Feb 27, 2024 | Blog, Featured
You’ve heard the old question: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” But here’s the real question: if a constituent has a voice but our government never hears it, does it make a difference?...