Southeast Alaska Experiencing First Recorded Extreme Drought
"Alaska’s wettest region is experiencing an extreme drought for the first time in recorded history, climate scientists say."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 05/28/2019
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"Logging Plan For Alaska's Tongass National Forest Challenged In Court"
"Environmentalists in Alaska filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block a Trump administration plan to open vast swaths of the nation’s largest national forest to logging, nearly a third of it in old-growth timber."
Source: Reuters, 05/08/2019
Protecting Journalists from Attack, Info Row at Interior, PIO Standards and More
Do we need a bill to criminalize attacks against those who report the news? Some Dems in Congress think so. And the Interior Department is at the center of a conflicts over freedom of information involving lobbying contacts with the newly confirmed secretary. The latest WatchDog has those developments, plus more.
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Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List.
The latest release of the annual endangered rivers list provides boatloads of environmental reporting angles, including climate change-related threats like flooding and drought. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory and the new top-10 list, plus 10 suggested starting points for stories and a half-dozen key reporting resources.
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"Pace of Bering Sea Changes Startles Scientists"
"The Yupik Eskimo village of Kotlik on Alaska’s northwest coast relies on a cold, hard blanket of sea ice to protect homes from vicious winter Bering Sea storms."
Source: AP, 04/15/2019
Supreme Court: Hovercraft Ruling Wades Into Alaska's Land, Water Regs
"John Sturgeon worried he was jinxing himself when he fixed up the mothballed hovercraft in his garage without knowing whether the Supreme Court would let him pilot it to his favorite moose-hunting grounds in Alaska."
Source: Greenwire, 03/27/2019
SEJ Joins Lawsuits; Press Freedom Tracker Gets Update; Docs on ANWR Drilling Concealed, and More
The Society of Environmental Journalists is backing right-to-know lawsuits brought by journalism groups, and a collaborative press freedom tracker gets new funding. Meanwhile, at the Interior Department, one watchdog group angles for environmental impact statements on ANWR drilling, while others track possible conflicts of interest by the acting secretary. That and more in the latest WatchDog roundup.
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"Murkowski Warns Climate Change 'Directly Impacting' Alaska"
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday said climate change is "directly impacting" her home state's way of life."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2019
"Critics Protest Proposed Drilling In Alaska’s Arctic Refuge"
"Protesters in Alaska urged federal officials to keep oil rigs out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge despite a federal law requiring lease sales in the wilderness area."
Source: AP, 02/13/2019
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