Posted on May 12, 2008 by rogermaynard
A ruling by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife that the polar bear is threatened, as claimed by the Center for Biological Diversity, will be felt even more profoundly by Alaskans than by the rest of the country. The petition specifically targets oil exploration and development, shipping and fishing as industries which could [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2008 by rogermaynard
After one year and $5000 from the Haines Borough Assembly, the Haines Energy Task Force (HEFT) has presented their work: a 63 page draft report entitled Peak Oil & Energy Transition, that purports to help prepare Haines for all of the inevitable catastrophes that will happen when there’s not enough oil to go around.
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Posted on February 23, 2008 by rogermaynard
This week’s cartoon in the Ketchikan Daily News addresses the Alaskan voters initiatives (and one bill in the legislature) that address “clean water.” Or do they?
This is where you can comment on this week’s Ketchikan Daily News cartoon. Click on the image to see the full cartoon.
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Posted on February 22, 2008 by rogermaynard
This year we have no less than three clean water initiatives that could end up on the ballot, and one bill along the same lines in the Legislature.
A reading of each of these measures reveals that they are less about safe water than stopping construction of new mines by severely limiting what can be done [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by rogermaynard
While living in Nome during the early 1990’s, I recall being told by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) personnel that the walrus population was at an all-time high. So naturally it piqued my curiosity when I learned that the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a petition with the USFWS last week, requesting that [...]
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