The chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is calling on the Interior Department to halt work on oil and gas development permits and leases during the partial government shutdown.
Alaska and federal officials have clashed over whether Alaska’s “intensive management” practices would be extended to federal lands.
Jerry Lee Green was still wearing a yellow jail jump suit and carrying court release paperwork when Alaska State Troopers arrested him.
The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case on Jan. 4.
Five groups represented by Earthjustice on Monday asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an offshore oil production plan approved for the Liberty project.
None of the moose met minimum antler size requirements and the meat was left to rot.
Federal regulators are preparing an environmental review for a possible offshore lease sale in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea and environmental groups are calling foul.
The study found that the population is thriving for now despite a loss of sea ice because of climate change.
By their third day in a tiny dugout under 4 feet of snow on Harding Icefield, Chris Hanna and Jenny Neyman thought the shelter might turn into a tomb.
An Alaska Air National Guard helicopter on Tuesday landed 50 meters from an orange blanket tied to a half-buried ski, hoping to find two people stranded for four nights on the vast Harding Icefield.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is expressing concern that the USGS has deemphasized a primary mission to assess the nation's mineral resources.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is expressing concern that the USGS has deemphasized a primary mission to assess the nation's mineral resources.
