With time running out to head off the worst damage from climate change, the United States government is starting to quantify the cost of inaction – for taxpayers.
Transportation
Alaska Airlines asks passengers to brace for cancellations as pilots picket Anchorage airport
Similar pickets were planned at airports in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
US airline CEOs call on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on planes
The letter was signed by the leaders of 10 U.S. companies, including six of the largest airlines in the country: Alaska Airlines, American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United.
Federal investigators outline circumstances of fatal August 2021 Misty Fjords crash
Investigators have not yet pointed to a cause for the crash.
Federal appeals court reverses decision that blocked King Cove road
The proposed road would stretch 11 miles through a wildlife refuge on the Alaska Peninsula, connecting the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay.
Crews work to contain fuel spill after tugboat runs aground in Neva Strait
The grounding ruptured one of the tug’s fuel tanks, which can hold around 13,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The state says that a sheen was observed covering an area of around 4 nautical miles, north to Salisbury Sound.