CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 18 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * AKSAM Supports Legislation to Bolster Youth Tobacco Prevention On March 12, the Alaska Society of Addiction Medicine (AKSAM) sent a letter of support for HB49/SB24 to members of the Senate Committee on Labor and Business. HB49/SB24 would strengthen youth tobacco prevention efforts by raising the minimum age for purchase and possession to 21. In the l  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 [Category: Energy] -- The American Petroleum Institute posted the following news release: * * * API Welcomes Steps by Interior to Unlock Alaska's Energy Potential WASHINGTON, March 20, 2025 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released the following statement from Vice President of Upstream Policy Holly Hopkins following the Department of the Interior's announcement to take steps to expand opportunities for exploration and development in the National Petroleum R  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, March 21 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Expansion of Industrial Development in Alaska Threatens Indigenous Communities, Wildlife DENVER -- The Department of the Interior's announcement seeking to expand oil and gas drilling on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to pursue a 211-mile industrial road to be built through the sensitive Brooks Range will threaten Indigenous communit  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Burgum's Alaska Giveaway to Big Oil CEOs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior announced it would take steps to vastly increase oil and gas drilling on wild Alaska landscapes, revoking protections for public lands and effectively handing them over to Big Oil CEOs. In a press release, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated he would "pursue steps"  more