alaska

Happy holiday! What holiday, you ask? Why it’s Seward’s Day, of course. I know, it’s only celebrated in Alaska. But I could use a day off, so I’m partying like it’s 1999! Well, actually – like it's 1867!

The lawsuit alleges that the Bureau of Land Management failed to take a "hard look" at the impact ConocoPhillips' drilling project will have on the environment.

Bending to the economic interest in exploiting Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, the move undercuts a Biden campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on federal lands.

Though the project has broad support from elected officials in Alaska, it’s strongly opposed by environmental groups. Some are already planning a lawsuit to block the project.

laskan brown bears notched two wins Monday, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to wade into the ban on bear baiting in the state and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's withdrawal of a decision to allow bear baiting on Alaska’s Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.