Trump’s EPA paves way for Pebble
Politics, power and pandering mean more to the Trump administration than clean water,...
31 July, 2019
Alaska Brief–July
Complicity takes many shapes. It can show up as apathy, distraction, and...
26 July, 2019
Failure is the new complicity
We submitted over 400 pages in comments on the Army Corps’ draft...
19 July, 2019
How does the Army Corps’ draft EIS break the law?
Trustees for Alaska and the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program just submitted...
01 July, 2019
What do we mean by “clean water”?
You would think the one thing people everywhere would get behind and...
25 June, 2019
Pebble is an unwelcome guest
The science used to justify the proposed Pebble mine lacks credibility. The...
16 May, 2019
Last chance to say No Pebble mine!
The last public hearing on the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed...
15 April, 2019
30 years ago, a killing oil
Thirty years ago, the “highly unlikely” happened in Prince William Sound. A giant...
22 March, 2019
Pebble’s big fish story
Pebble says it can operate a massive mine to coexist with the biggest...
22 March, 2019
Science debunks Army Corps’ Pebble conclusions
This is the first of a series of stories Trustees will post...
27 February, 2019
Say it one more time: No Pebble mine
[caption id="attachment_8282" align="alignright" width="368"] Photo by Carl Johnson[/caption] Once a place gets officially...
30 January, 2019
Still standing for salmon
[caption id="attachment_8906" align="alignright" width="351"] Photo by Bob Waldrop.[/caption] If there’s one thing we...
19 November, 2018
Court ruling puts fish habitat measure on statewide ballot
[caption id="attachment_7515" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by USFWS[/caption] An Alaska Supreme Court decision this...
15 August, 2018
Court says, “Fish on!”
Court ruling keeps fish habitat initiative on ballot Today the Alaska Supreme Court...
08 August, 2018
Interns on the issues: Should salmon have water rights?
In May, our summer interns, Maggie and Jenna, jumped into legal research and...
02 August, 2018
Army Corps railroads public process
Last month, Trustees submitted comments on the proposed Pebble mine on behalf...
25 July, 2018
Sharing the wild with bears
Our legal director Valerie Brown just spent some time sharing the wild...
22 June, 2018
How many strikes before Pebble’s out?
Another company backs out of the Pebble mine Yet another company backed out...
25 May, 2018
Alaska Brief Newsletter–May 2018
Here in Alaska, the month of May often lingers longer than our...
23 May, 2018
Court tells state to act on water rights
An Alaska Superior Court Judge ruled last week that the State of...
15 May, 2018
Will Alaska Supreme Court let Alaskans vote on how the state protects fish?
Trustees for Alaska went to the Alaska Supreme Court today to argue...
26 April, 2018
Alaskans want Bristol Bay protected
Why hurry through a public comment period for a controversial mega-mining proposal...
16 April, 2018
Feds rush Pebble review
Why did Nunamta Aulukestai, a coalition of Alaska Native Village Corporations and...
04 April, 2018
We should all be water protectors
Last month, scientists and Bristol Bay residents testified before the Alaska House...
28 March, 2018
Ambler project endangers wildlife and people
[caption id="attachment_3496" align="alignright" width="456"] The pot of gold at the end of...
16 February, 2018
Tribal, Native groups say “no way” to Pebble mine
Our client joined other organizations from the Bristol Bay region in Telling First...
15 February, 2018
EPA finally listens
Today the EPA said it would suspend its process to withdraw the...
26 January, 2018
Pebble cannot protect salmon
What does the proposed Pebble mine permit application tell us? Pebble Limited Partnership...
16 January, 2018