What do we mean by “clean water”?
You would think the one thing people everywhere would get behind and...
25 June, 2019
Pebble files permit application
Update: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers posted the proposed Pebble mine...
22 December, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter–June 2017
Dear Supporter: Do you remember that movie "Independence Day"? It told the story...
28 July, 2017
How do you make a clean city?
[caption id="attachment_6801" align="alignright" width="300"] Tracy on the Coastal Trail. Anchorage. Photo by...
15 June, 2017
The Western Arctic needs protection
The name makes it sound like a giant oil field—the National Petroleum...
01 May, 2017
What did we learn from the Exxon Valdez?
[caption id="attachment_6357" align="alignleft" width="421"] Courtesy the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council[/caption] The...
22 March, 2017
2016 Triumphs, Challenges: The Year in Review
Celebrating the successes of 2016: Pebble subpoenas tossed out; Trustees argue for...
16 December, 2016
DEC Issues Permit to Seward Coal Export Facility
The Seward Coal Loading Facility finally has a Clean Water Act permit...
14 March, 2016
2015 Conservation Victories: The Year in Review
Trustees for Alaska achieved many victories for conservation during 2015 including protection...
23 December, 2015
Seward Coal Case Reaches Settlement
Settlement was reached in the Seward Coal Loading Facility's violation of the...
10 December, 2015
Press Release: Seward Coal Case Settled
After six years of litigation, the Seward Coal Loading Facility case has...
07 December, 2015
Exxon Valdez Case Closed Despite Lingering Oil
The 1991 Exxon Valdez settlement case ended in October when the State...
11 November, 2015
Mixed Victory for Salmon on the Chuitna River
Chuitna Citizens Coalition was granted one of its three requested water rights...
07 October, 2015
Seward Coal Facility Seeks Permit
Seward residents knew for years that coal was dropping into Resurrection Bay...
10 August, 2015
A Citizen Fighting for a Healthier Seward
Russ Maddox is a citizen activist living in Seward. He’s been a...
06 August, 2015
ANTIDEGRADATION—WHAT?
The State of Alaska is moving forward with a rulemaking that will...
07 July, 2015
Bombing at Eagle River Flats
Fifty years of unrestricted, year-round Army training bombing extensively contaminated Eagle River...
07 July, 2015
Bristol Bay Case Won by Trustees for Alaska
Alaska's Supreme Court rules that Pebble's mining exploration requires public notice and...
29 May, 2015
Mixing Oil with Water
Trustees for Alaska has worked for decades with a coalition of tribes...
05 May, 2015
Trustees Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee
Senior Staff Attorney Brian Litmans testified April 6th at a field hearing...
04 April, 2015
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Remains Listed
With the New Year approaching, we (and the Cook Inlet beluga whales)...
01 December, 2011
EPA Challenged for Allowing Toxic Discharges in Cook Inlet
Trustees or Alaska, representing coastal Native villages, commercial fishermen, and Cook Inletkeeper,...
30 April, 2009
Bristol Bay Residents Ask Supreme Court To Uphold Ban on Dumping Toxic Mine Wastes into U.S. Waters
The Kensington Mine Decision Will Determine Whether Pebble Mine’s Wastes Can Legally...
14 November, 2008
Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
Cook Inlet’s beluga whales were listed as an endangered species last week....
17 October, 2008
State Plans To Offer Entire Cook Inlet Basin For Oil And Gas Leasing
The State of Alaska is planning to auction off the subsurface rights...
29 September, 1997
Opposing Lease Sale 173 in Cook Inlet
Trustees for Alaska asked DOI for the removal of Lower Cook Inlet...
29 September, 1997