Spring into Alaska.
Welcome to Trustees for Alaska and our spring celebration! It’s May, after...
06 May, 2023
It’s choice, not fate, on climate. Alaska News Brief April 2023.
Too many pandemic lessons have gotten lost as the engine of “normal”...
14 April, 2023
Litigation 101: What’s a motion for a preliminary injunction and how did ours play out in our Willow litigation?
Motions can ask the judge to do an array of things, like...
14 April, 2023
How a week of news tastes like a soggy cabbage sandwich: Alaska News Brief March 2023
I took some time off to see my family in early March....
17 March, 2023
We sued the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow project. Let’s pause now to share these words from SILA
By Dawnell Smith The Biden administration released its final decision on the ConocoPhillips...
14 March, 2023
BREAKING: Biden administration approves Willow project, locking in massive greenhouse gases for decades
The Biden administration approved the ConocoPhillips’ Willow project today, locking in oil...
13 March, 2023
Alaska News Brief February 2023. I’m still shoveling. Let the celebration begin!
Here we are, well into Alaska’s notorious faux spring, where we’re so...
17 February, 2023
The bad news can be made good and the good news better. Stop Willow and protect the Arctic Refuge.
The ConocoPhillips Willow oil and gas proposal is on the move--and so...
17 February, 2023
Litigation 101: How did a magistrate imperil already vulnerable polar bears?
Recently, a magistrate judge with the federal District Court in Alaska issued...
17 February, 2023
A long walk in the Arctic
Late last June, I drove from my home in Anchorage to Fairbanks...
21 January, 2023
Hitting the books again: Alaska News Brief January 2023
We had some big changes at Trustees last year. We moved into a...
21 January, 2023
Between a rock and a hard place: the road to Ambler
In the first piece in our series on mining in Alaska, we...
16 November, 2022
A trip to the South Brooks Range makes the Ambler road threat palpable
One of the things that most struck me in flying across the...
20 September, 2022
The Arctic on the precipice
By Dawnell Smith Alaska faces serious climate impacts, pollution concerns, and industrial pressures....
17 August, 2022
The gift of good guidance: Alaska News Brief July 2022
Summer officially runs from summer solstice on June 21 to the fall...
14 July, 2022
Litigation 101: What is a supplemental environmental impact statement and why is the one for the ConocoPhillips Willow proposal so dodgy?
By Dawnell Smith Agencies produce environmental impact statements to analyze and assess the...
14 July, 2022
Dear President: You can’t kick the climate can down the road. It’s time to stop the massive ConocoPhillips Willow oil and gas proposal.
By Dawnell Smith The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a draft supplemental...
14 July, 2022
An Arctic update: Restored protections, a methane leak, a looming threat
Western Arctic Alaska basks in endless sunlight these days, with caribou and...
18 May, 2022
Stories can teach, stories can lie: Alaska News Brief April 2022
It doesn’t take long spending time with dogs, bears, birds and bees...
15 April, 2022
Permitting process severely underestimates mining spills in Alaska
A report released this month shows that the number of documented spills...
15 April, 2022
Litigation 101: What does it mean to intervene?
What does it mean to intervene in a lawsuit? Let's use our...
18 March, 2022
Biden administration recognizes some, not all, legal problems with Ambler road approvals
The Biden administration failed to rescind permits for the Ambler road proposal...
22 February, 2022
All the wings in motion. Alaska News Brief February 2022
The thick sludge of winter can get to me sometimes. The dark,...
18 February, 2022
You can’t duct tape the climate crisis. Biden agency must say no to Willow oil and gas project
UPDATED: The Alaska office of the Bureau of Land Management announced on...
02 February, 2022
Climate action in the western Arctic
The Biden administration announced in January 2022 that it intends to reverse...
21 January, 2022
An Arctic wish list with 2022 resolve
Our work feels less frantic and chaotic than it did a year...
17 December, 2021
Interior seeks pause on Arctic road litigation, threat to people, land remains
Late last month the Interior Department requested a 60-day stay of action...
15 October, 2021
Salmon ahead, salmon behind: Alaska News Brief September 2021
The salmon season is behind us, and ahead of us, too. That’s...
16 September, 2021