Throughout the hearing, an organized group of opponents from communities across the state provided much of the public testimony against development in the refuge, holding up bandannas and signs that said: “Defend the Sacred: Protect the Arctic.”
Alaska Native Corporations
Native corporations maintaining Alaska forests find a carbon credit buyer: oil company BP
At an industry conference held Friday in Anchorage, BP Alaska president Janet Weiss announced the company has developed two carbon credit offset projects with Native corporations Ahtna and Sealaska.
Hoonah’s Icy Strait Point plans new dock for megaships
The Hoonah City Council has already tentatively agreed to lease city-owned tidelands. The 500-foot dock would be built in partnership by Huna Totem Corporation and Norwegian Cruise Lines.
ANWR drilling foes see chance for ‘sowing doubt’
A Tuesday press conference outside the U.S. Capitol was intended to make sure the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is on the House agenda — and the public’s mind — next year.
Report: Alaska Native communities will face the brunt of climate change
Rural and Alaska Native communities are the first to feel the impacts of climate change. For the Y-K Delta, the stakes are especially high because the region is home to the most tribes in the state.
Alaska Peninsula Corporation strikes a land access deal with Pebble
The deal with APC is just one of a slew of permissions Pebble Limited Partnership needs to acquire in order to build a mine in the Iliamna Lake region.