A long walk in the Arctic
Late last June, I drove from my home in Anchorage to Fairbanks...
Alaska Native people have lived and thrived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Alaska’s Arctic region provides key habitat for wildlife, including caribou, polar bears, waterfowl, and an array of animals that rely on it for food, protection, and as the birthing, nesting and nursery grounds for their young.
Oil and gas drilling, mining, and industrialization pollute the land, water, and air, disrupt migration routes, degrade wildlife habitat, diminish people’s access to traditional foods and activities. Drilling for and burning fossil fuels accelerates the climate crisis in a region where sea ice and permafrost are melting faster than ever.
Trustees for Alaska fights to protect the Arctic by providing free legal counsel to clients and strategic leadership for coalitions to defend the health of the region and its resources. This work includes holding public agencies accountable to their obligations under the law.
Our latest Arctic work:
Late last June, I drove from my home in Anchorage to Fairbanks...
We had some big changes at Trustees last year. We moved into a...
In the first piece in our series on mining in Alaska, we...
One of the things that most struck me in flying across the...
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By Dawnell Smith Agencies produce environmental impact statements to analyze and assess the...
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Western Arctic Alaska basks in endless sunlight these days, with caribou and...
It doesn’t take long spending time with dogs, bears, birds and bees...
A report released this month shows that the number of documented spills...
What does it mean to intervene in a lawsuit? Let's use our...
The Biden administration failed to rescind permits for the Ambler road proposal...
The thick sludge of winter can get to me sometimes. The dark,...
UPDATED: The Alaska office of the Bureau of Land Management announced on...
The Biden administration announced in January 2022 that it intends to reverse...
Our work feels less frantic and chaotic than it did a year...
Late last month the Interior Department requested a 60-day stay of action...
The salmon season is behind us, and ahead of us, too. That’s...
We just sued the Biden administration for issuing a regulation that allows...
August brought good news for the Arctic and planet when a federal...
Western Arctic health and climate action won big today in court when...
The raspberries in my yard started to pop this week,...
Earlier this month the Biden administration released a regulation that allows oil...
I visited my family in the Lower 48 last month, and wow,...
Attorney Suzanne Bostrom just got back from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
We were in court calling out an illegal Trump-era approval of the...
A few weeks ago, I took some time off to pick up...