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In the first piece in our series on mining in Alaska, we talked about how the push for green energy mining could replace one catastrophe with another.

The Ambler road project is the poster child. The project is being promoted by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, a state agency with little to no legislative oversight, an insulting lack of public transparency, and a rigid agenda impervious to good sense.… Read More

Two years ago, I left my position as a disability rights attorney to follow a vastly different pursuit —conservation.

It was an exciting and daunting move that has been well worth the transition. The last few years have been packed with professional growth and new perspectives. It’s been incredibly rewarding and I’m finishing my two-year fellowship a better and more inspired advocate.… Read More

I always wanted to climb as a kid. As soon as I started to walk, I started to climb. When I got to the top of whatever I summited, I would start to count down, forcing my parents to rush over and grab me before I jumped.

Though I grew out of BASE jumping, I never stopped climbing… Read More

Lately I’ve been hamstrung by the heaviness of change. It doesn’t take much to get on board with climate action and antiracism when it’s the easy stuff, like signing a petition or sharing a meme or just agreeing that something … Read More

By Dawnell Smith Clean energy is in the air these days—in the sun, the wind, the water, and the forces and cycles of nature that have always run things around here. Decision-makers, lobbyists, and public relations teams that once undermined … Read More

We’re looking for a staff attorney, legal director, and communications coordinator We’re hiring folks soon and would love to hear from you. We’re a small, Alaska-based nonprofit law firm that offers legal services to protect the health of Alaska lands, … Read More

By Brian Litmans, legal director Just after I graduated from law school in 2001, I read a story about a federal attorney litigating cases for Health and Human Services in D.C. who, at the age of 30 and after only … Read More

I never expected to find peace and well-being at sea. For most of my life I wasn’t an ocean person. I loved the beach, but I would get seasick every time I left the shore. The thought of open ocean sounded like torture.

So, I surprised quite a few people a few years ago when I decided to join some friends on a sailboat trip through the Panama Canal and up the west coast of Panama to Costa Rica. I was emerging from the fog of the first few years of being a new parent and felt restless for an adventure. I put my faith in some seasickness patches and went for it.… Read More