Groups file Suit Against Railroad and Aurora Energy Services after Concerns go Ignored. Seward, Alaska: After more than 60 days on notice, and years of complaints from local residents, the Alaska Railroad and Aurora Energy Services have failed to take … Read More

Native spokesman: End the rubber-stamping of permits without public notice or input ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska Native organization and two Bristol Bay residents today appealed in Alaska Superior Court a decision by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ commissioner … Read More

Local conservation groups today put Alaska Railroad Corporation and Aurora Energy Services on notice that the companies need to control the coal at the Seward coal loading facility. A lack of adequate pollution controls at the facility has resulted in … Read More

New scientific reports offer critical information about the damage Chuitna coal strip-mine would cause Scientific Reports Indicate the Proposed Chuitna Coal Mine Would Destroy Cook Inlet Salmon Streams Three new scientific reports, commissioned by Trustees for Alaska and Cook Inletkeeper … Read More

Bristol Bay Residents Assert Pebble Exploration Violates State Constitution Exploration permits could be suspended as a result of lawsuit filed today Anchorage, Alaska—A Bristol Bay Alaska Native organization and several individuals, including former Alaska First Lady Bella Hammond and Alaska … Read More

Plant must control dangerous air emissions Conservation and ratepayers groups today issued a warning to the Golden Valley Electric Association and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority that reactivating the mothballed Healy coal-fired power plant, located just 5 miles … Read More

The Kensington Mine Decision Will Determine Whether Pebble Mine’s Wastes Can Legally Be Dumped into the Headwaters of the World’s Largest Sockeye Salmon Fishery Lawyers for Native villages and commercial and sport fishermen in the Bristol Bay area today asked … Read More

The State of Alaska is planning to auction off the subsurface rights to oil and gas activities on 4.2 million acres of private and public land in Cook Inlet Areawide Sale 85. The sale covers just about everything in the … Read More

Trustees for Alaska asked DOI for the removal of Lower Cook Inlet from the federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program.… Read More