ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 26 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Today, Iliamna Natives Limited and Alaska Peninsula Corporation -- which represent small native communities in Southwest Alaska -- filed a lawsuit against the EPA for exceeding its authority in vetoing a mining development. "The EPA doesn't get to veto any development project it doesn't like," said Damien Schiff, an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation. "When Congress wants to give an  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The federal Bureau of Land Management took bold moves for Arctic and Alaska conservation today when it issued a Record of Decision blocking a 211-mile road to the Ambler Mining District, and proposed to restore protections for 28 million acres of land created by Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. By selecting the "no action" alternative on the proposal to build a road ac  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: Today, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) moved to protect from development about 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska--a massive area 37 times the size of Yosemite National Park. The move, outlined in a final environmental impact statement, comes after the Trump administration attempted to open these lands for industrial development and potential transfer during its f  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Citizens Against Government Waste issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Maine) its June 2024 Porker of the Month for receiving 231 earmarks costing $575.6 million, the most of any member of Congress. Sen. Collins secured a shocking 23.5 percent more in earmarks in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than the legislator in second place, Sen. Lisa Murkowski  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 25 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Year-over-Year Increases, While Maryland and D.C. Trail; Ohio Has Largest Number and Percent of Monthly Gains, While Tennessee and Maine Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 39 states in May from a year earlier, while 26 states added construction jobs between April and May, according to a n  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release: "D-1 lands are woven through the traditional subsistence territories of Alaskan Tribes, which depend on these vast lands to support healthy wildlife populations," said Christi Heun, Defenders of Wildlife senior Alaska representative. "This decision shows the agency's improved commitment to managing federal lands in tandem with Tribes' ancestral knowledge on some of the most pristine lands  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 26 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: By David Frey Wolverines have historically roamed Alaska's rugged North Slope. Their densities have decreased, though, raising concerns about how climate change and industrial development are affecting the Arctic tundra. Wolverin  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: In response to the Department of the Interior's announcement to protect 28 million acres of lands in Alaska, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Conservation Program Director, America Fitzpatrick: "LCV applauds President Biden and Secretary Haaland for heeding the calls of Alaska Native communities to retain protections for 28 million acr  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The National Mining Association issued the following statement: * * * The National Mining Association (NMA) today released the following comment from Rich Nolan, NMA president and CEO, on the announcement from the Biden administration that it would withdraw 28 million acres in Alaska from mining and drilling, and block the proposed Ambler Road Project, a project that has previously received all of its required approvals. Nolan commented, "This unwarranted, unreasonable   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Land Management moved to retain conservation safeguards on 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska, including large swaths of intact fish and wildlife habitat that offer world-class hunting and fishing opportunities. "We welcome the BLM's intent to maintain conservation measures that have stood for decades on these public lands in Alaska," said Jen   more