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This Oct. 26, 2016, photo provided by New Forests Inc. shows Chugach Alaska Corp. lands near Carbon Mountain, Alaska. An undeveloped Alaska coal field, California’s offsets for carbon pollution and thousands of acres of forest are the unlikely players in a complex agreement that is expected to generate millions for an Alaska Native organization. (Nathan Lojewski/New Forests via AP)

Alaska Natives to protect land for California carbon program

ANCHORAGE — An undeveloped Alaska coal field, California’s offsets for carbon pollution and thousands of acres of forest are the unlikely players in a complex… Continue reading

This Oct. 26, 2016, photo provided by New Forests Inc. shows Chugach Alaska Corp. lands near Carbon Mountain, Alaska. An undeveloped Alaska coal field, California’s offsets for carbon pollution and thousands of acres of forest are the unlikely players in a complex agreement that is expected to generate millions for an Alaska Native organization. (Nathan Lojewski/New Forests via AP)
This frame grab form video shows Myron Ebell during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington on Thursday. Ebell, the former head of President Donald Trump’s transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts. (The Associated Press)

Official: Trump wants to slash EPA workforce, budget

WASHINGTON — The former head of President Donald Trump’s transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he expects the new administration to seek… Continue reading

This frame grab form video shows Myron Ebell during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington on Thursday. Ebell, the former head of President Donald Trump’s transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts. (The Associated Press)
Experimental forest lecture

Experimental forest lecture

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will host a Fireside Lecture with ecologist Rick Edwards, lead scientist for the US Forest Service’s Héen Latinee Experimental Forest, on… Continue reading

Experimental forest lecture

Letter: An open letter to Alaska’s Congressional delegation

Social Security is just what it says. I have been paying into it for years. It is mine; not yours to do with what you… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2017

My Turn: Solidarity trumps a return to the past

The marches and demonstrations that took place across the country and worldwide on Donald Trump’s first day in office sent a clear message to the… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2017
  • By Richard Hebhardt

Trump acts to advance Keystone XL, Dakota Access pipelines

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved swiftly Tuesday to advance the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, signing executive actions to aggressively overhaul… Continue reading

Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has instituted what it described as a temporary media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2017
  • By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JOHN FLESHER
  • Nation-World

Slack Tide: 50 random thoughts while de-icing my driveway

1. Here we go again. 2. De-icing my driveway in full rain gear — that’s so winter in Juneau. 3. Ditto: skiing in chest waders.… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2017
  • By Geoff Kirsch

After Trump inauguration, UAS climate researchers discuss national uncertainty

President Donald Trump took down the whitehouse.gov webpage on climate change after taking office Friday, but scientists and academics at the University of Alaska Southeast… Continue reading

New plants appear in Kenai as climate shifts

KENAI — Are exotic plants still exotic when the climate around them changes so that they fit right in? That’s the question a local biologist… Continue reading

Stinky cows and climate change: Scientists try to mitigate methane from cows

Many creatures, including you and me, emit methane from time to time. Microbes within our guts break down one substance and turn it into another,… Continue reading

This Day in Juneau History: Jan. 20, 1987

On Jan. 20, 1987, lawmakers and Alaskans prepared to hear Gov. Steve Cowper’s State of the State address. With Alaska’s budget deficit running higher than… Continue reading

What’s Happening around Southeast

32nd Annual Legislative Welcome Reception, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 5-6:30 p.m., Centennial Hall Convention Center. Baby Raven Reads and Juneau Public Library family night, Thursday, Jan.… Continue reading

Piano Tide, a novel by Kathleen Dean Moore, who writes from Chichagof Island, is based in an imaginary Southeast Alaskan community.

‘Piano Tide’ offers a story of environmental ethics in Southeast Alaska

A woman with a piano, a dog, and not much else ferries into a tiny Southeast Alaskan village. The townspeople — a grumpy, shouting philosopher… Continue reading

Piano Tide, a novel by Kathleen Dean Moore, who writes from Chichagof Island, is based in an imaginary Southeast Alaskan community.
Interior Secretary-designate, Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Zinke, 55, a former Navy SEAL who just won his second term in Congress, was an early supporter of President-elect Donald Trump and, like his prospective boss, has expressed skepticism about the urgency of climate change.

Interior nominee Zinke disputes Trump on climate change

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department on Tuesday rejected the president-elect’s claim that climate change is a hoax, saying it is… Continue reading

Interior Secretary-designate, Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Zinke, 55, a former Navy SEAL who just won his second term in Congress, was an early supporter of President-elect Donald Trump and, like his prospective boss, has expressed skepticism about the urgency of climate change.
This Feb. 3, 1999 photo shows a female Canada lynx heading for the woods after being released near South Fork, Colorado. In control of Congress and soon the White House, Republicans are readying plans to roll back the influence of the Endangered Species Act, one of the government's most powerful conservation tools, after decades of complaints that it hinders drilling, logging and other activities.

GOP targets Endangered Species Act for big changes

BILLINGS, Mont. — In control of Congress and soon the White House, Republicans are readying plans to roll back the influence of the Endangered Species… Continue reading

This Feb. 3, 1999 photo shows a female Canada lynx heading for the woods after being released near South Fork, Colorado. In control of Congress and soon the White House, Republicans are readying plans to roll back the influence of the Endangered Species Act, one of the government's most powerful conservation tools, after decades of complaints that it hinders drilling, logging and other activities.
In this May 17, 1967 photo, Dr. Martin Luther King speaks at the University of California administration building in Berkeley, California.

King’s shift from dreamer to radical resonates for activists

PHILADELPHIA — For Abdul Aliy-Muhammad, the Martin Luther King Jr. he learned about as a child was a man of love, peace and racial harmony,… Continue reading

In this May 17, 1967 photo, Dr. Martin Luther King speaks at the University of California administration building in Berkeley, California.

Energy Fund manager talks renewables at Chamber luncheon

Juneau sources all of its electricity from renewable hydroelectric power, but that doesn’t mean the city can’t benefit from emerging energy technology.Just ask Josh Craft,… Continue reading

Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE Grant

Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE GrantCRAIG — The Craig Public Library has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of the Public Libraries… Continue reading

FILE -- In this Sept. 5, 2012, file photo, Ahpun, a female polar bear, strolls around her cage at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its plan Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, for the recovery of threatened polar bears, acknowledging it will take no direct action for addressing the primary threat, that of greenhouse gases that contribute to the decline of sea ice habitat. Polar bears, the first species to be declared threatened or endangered because of climate change, rely on sea ice for hunting seals and raising their young. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

Polar bear plan doesn’t seek direct action on climate change

ANCHORAGE — Five years ago, in a meeting room in Alaska, two dozen federal wildlife biologists joined other experts to begin formulating a recovery plan… Continue reading

FILE -- In this Sept. 5, 2012, file photo, Ahpun, a female polar bear, strolls around her cage at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its plan Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, for the recovery of threatened polar bears, acknowledging it will take no direct action for addressing the primary threat, that of greenhouse gases that contribute to the decline of sea ice habitat. Polar bears, the first species to be declared threatened or endangered because of climate change, rely on sea ice for hunting seals and raising their young. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)