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Project helps Alaskans spice up soil
PALMER - While Alaska has abundant natural resources, soil that's good for gardening isn't among them. To help residents create better dirt and grow vegetables to supplement their hunting, fishing and gathering, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks was given a federal grant to create demonstration gardens where soil will be mixed with local fertilizers.
Alaskans tell US Senate panel about hidden oil spill effects
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee on Tuesday looked to Alaskans to help understand how to use the law to better capture some of the hidden damages people in the Gulf of Mexico might suffer in the years following an oil spill.
The Conservation Blog
July 28th- Guest Columnist Jamie Kenworthy writes about the real costs of the Knik Arm Bridge
Boat motor restrictions appear to have cleaned Kenai River
BOAT FUEL: State removes river from list of polluted waterways.
South-side estuary at center of park dispute
The conservation group that spent years pulling together a deal for Anchorage to get a coastal park at the Campbell Creek estuary is scrambling to find ways to overcome city objections, or to find another way to make it a park.
Op-ed: Alaska and climate
Unique among the United States, Alaska enjoys easy access to 21st century technology, fiscal benefits of a 20th century economy, and—until recently—the purity of 19th century nature: clean, intact, and healthy.
Judge puts Chukchi Sea leases on hold for further review
A federal judge on Wednesday stopped companies from developing oil and gas wells on billions of dollars in leases off Alaska's northwest coast, saying the federal government failed to follow environmental law before it sold the drilling rights.
Gustavus has green power after 27-year effort
The small Southeast Alaska community of Gustavus has finally given up diesel for its day-to-day electricity needs, and it only took 27 years and an act of Congress.
Legislature cancels ESA conference
The Alaska Legislature on Monday formally abandoned plans to spend taxpayer money on an effort to undermine the Endangered Species Act protection for Polar Bears and other species it feared my limit the state's oil industry.
Anchorage developer faces EPA fine of $177,500
Anchorage developer David D'Amato is facing a federal fine of $177,500 for destroying wetlands and streams on his property in the Bear Valley area, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week.
After BP disaster, Congress looks at Alaska pipeline
Alaska state Rep. David Guttenberg, D-Fairbanks, said he's hoping that Alaska can benefit from BP's Gulf of Mexico disaster by spurring changes in BP's operations here to make sure a similar disaster doesn't hit Alaska.
Judge extends order barring railroad use of herbicide
A judge on Monday extended an order preventing the Alaska Railroad from spraying weed killers on a section of track until Alaska's high court can review the state-issued permit.
Land use plan could protect Taku salmon
A land use plan between the Taku River Tlingit First Nation and the Canadian government could mean better protections for fish habitat on the Taku River - good news for Juneau salmon fishermen.
Court refuses to restore offshore drilling moratorium
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the federal government’s effort to restore an offshore deep-water drilling moratorium, opening the door to resumed drilling in the Gulf of Mexico while the legal fight continues.
Head of trans-Alaska pipeline company retiring
Kevin Hostler, a former BP executive, is retiring as head of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline in September amid questions about the line's management.
BP Slows Plans for Liberty Oilfield
BP now says it likely won't start initial drilling at its much-anticipated Liberty project just off Alaska's northern coast until next year.
Walking With the Ghost of Exxon
It’s 5am on the fourth of July, and the alarm goes off. I open one eye and think surely I must have set it for the wrong time, but then I remember. Today I’m heading to Prince William Sound with Shannyn Moore and Zach Roberts. Our goal is to document the lingering effects of oil, still present in the Sound after the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in the spring of 1989.
Groups call for halt to BP drilling plans in Beaufort Sea
Six environmental groups have written Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, asking that he deny BP's expected application to begin drilling its $1.5 billion Liberty oil field in the Beaufort Sea.
Palmer man takes water quality into his own hands, protects salmon from sewage
When sewage regulations muddied waters in Palmer, Ralph Hulbert and his family waded in.
