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Letter: Bringing LNG to Juneau

I recently read the article about the possibility of bringing natural gas to Juneau in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). I was at… Continue reading

  • Dec 14, 2015

Historic pact to slow global warming

LE BOURGET, France — Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By KARL RITTER, SETH BORENSTEIN and SYLVIE CORBET
  • Nation-World
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2015 aerial file photo , a small section of the atoll that has slipped beneath the water line only showing a small pile of rocks at low tide on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. They barely break the surface of the ocean but in the U.N. talks on how to stop rising seas and other hazards of a warming planet, small island nations have the moral high ground. While most countries think of climate change in terms of economic costs, Pacific atolls and remote island groups in the Indian Ocean and Caribbean picture a world map without them on it. Rising seas are already eroding their coast lines and contaminating their freshwater wells. Many are in the path of typhoons and hurricanes that scientists say could become more powerful as the climate warms. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

New climate deal emerges as talks near end

LE BOURGET, France — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Thursday presented a new draft of a global climate accord that showed headway on some… Continue reading

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2015 aerial file photo , a small section of the atoll that has slipped beneath the water line only showing a small pile of rocks at low tide on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. They barely break the surface of the ocean but in the U.N. talks on how to stop rising seas and other hazards of a warming planet, small island nations have the moral high ground. While most countries think of climate change in terms of economic costs, Pacific atolls and remote island groups in the Indian Ocean and Caribbean picture a world map without them on it. Rising seas are already eroding their coast lines and contaminating their freshwater wells. Many are in the path of typhoons and hurricanes that scientists say could become more powerful as the climate warms. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
Wall of trees being planted across Africa to halt desert

Wall of trees being planted across Africa to halt desert

MBAR TOUBAB, Senegal — It seems like Mission Impossible: Stop the Sahara Desert from spreading farther south, its incursion into arable land fueled by climate… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2015
  • By CARLEY PETESCH and CHEIKH A.T. SY
  • Nation-World
Wall of trees being planted across Africa to halt desert

My Turn: Alaska’s budget challenge

As most Alaskans know, a sharp drop in the price of oil over the last year and a half blew a gaping hole in the… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2015
  • By BILL WALKER

NCLB rewrite nears final OK

WASHINGTON — The nation is on the verge of a sweeping shift in education, with states poised to gain greater control over school accountability and… Continue reading

Letter: Editorial is at odds with reality

I realize the editorial page of a newspaper is heavy on assertions and light on facts, but the Outside Editorial “Climate conference at odds with… Continue reading

  • Dec 9, 2015

Sheldon Museum begins expansion project with important new acquisition

HAINES - The Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center has announced the acquisition and future rehousing of the Alaska Indian Arts archive. Last November, Lee Heinmiller… Continue reading

In this Saturday photo, Brother Alois addresses people at an interfaith service for world leaders to curb global warming during a multi-lingual service at Church St Ignatius in Paris, France.

Scientists enlist the big gun to get climate action: Faith

PARIS — The cold hard numbers of science haven’t spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So as climate negotiators struggle in Paris, some… Continue reading

In this Saturday photo, Brother Alois addresses people at an interfaith service for world leaders to curb global warming during a multi-lingual service at Church St Ignatius in Paris, France.
ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF DEC. 5-6 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 15, 2015 photo, Raina Thiele, who serves as a White House associate director of intergovernmental affairs and public engagement, speaks during the first day of the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage. Thiele, an Alaska Native with roots in Bristol Bay and the Cook Inlet region, worked with President Barack Obama to organize his historic trip to Alaska and increase Alaskans' access to the administration. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News via AP) KTUU-TV OUT; KTVA-TV OUT; THE MAT-SU VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Alaskan helps shape Obama’s Native agenda

ANCHORAGE — The state’s senior senator has called her Alaska’s “secret agent” in the White House.Indeed, Raina Thiele, an Alaska Native with roots in Bristol… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF DEC. 5-6 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 15, 2015 photo, Raina Thiele, who serves as a White House associate director of intergovernmental affairs and public engagement, speaks during the first day of the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage. Thiele, an Alaska Native with roots in Bristol Bay and the Cook Inlet region, worked with President Barack Obama to organize his historic trip to Alaska and increase Alaskans' access to the administration. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News via AP) KTUU-TV OUT; KTVA-TV OUT; THE MAT-SU VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

India, Brazil resist bid for long-term carbon goals

LE BOURGET, France — Attempts to inscribe a long-term goal to phase out carbon emissions in an envisioned global climate pact are facing pushback at… Continue reading

In this Nov. 17 photo, 36-year-old Amjad Miyah stands for a photograph in a field in the island district of Bhola, Bangladesh.

Legal limbo awaits millions of future ‘climate refugees’

NEW DELHI — Farmer Ajmad Miyah has given up on ever settling down again. Three years after the sea swallowed his home on the Bangladeshi… Continue reading

In this Nov. 17 photo, 36-year-old Amjad Miyah stands for a photograph in a field in the island district of Bhola, Bangladesh.

Letter: Climate Change should be a unifying issue

I’m proud, as I’m sure all Americans are, to see our majority-elected President join with the leaders of 150 other nations in Paris who are… Continue reading

  • Dec 2, 2015

Obama: Parts of deal must be legally binding

LE BOURGET, France — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on… Continue reading

Saving Earth’s future

LE BOURGET, France — With dramatic vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering ever of world leaders Monday began two… Continue reading

My Turn: Walker’s first year as governor a disappointment

Reflecting on Gov. Bill Walker’s first year in office (today is his one-year anniversary), he has for the most part been a real breath of… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2015
  • By RICK STEINER

Letter: Important LNG considerations

Many thanks to the Juneau Empire for reporter Sam DeGrave’s informative and timely Nov. 1 article “Bringing LNG to the CBJ.” If this were 1915… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2015
Sea ice in the Artic.

US Park Service releases report on climate change response

ANCHORAGE — As world leaders began talks in Paris on solutions to global warming, the National Park Service on Monday released a report detailing agency… Continue reading

Sea ice in the Artic.
A man wearing a President Obama mask takes part in a silent march calling for ambitious action to tackle climate change in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday.

Obama prods world on climate change, faces pushback at home

PARIS — Facing pushback at home, President Barack Obama said Sunday that American leadership was helping make gains in the global fight against climate change… Continue reading

A man wearing a President Obama mask takes part in a silent march calling for ambitious action to tackle climate change in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday.
Demonstrators move through the streets of central London campaigning for ambitious action to tackle climate change on Sunday.

Worldwide climate rallies draw hundreds of thousands

PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world on Sunday, calling on leaders to halt climate change on… Continue reading

Demonstrators move through the streets of central London campaigning for ambitious action to tackle climate change on Sunday.