~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Sarah Palin is Think Tankin’! Oh yes, it’s true.  Herself is now sharing her pearls of wisdom and governance via think tank.  Once you’ve finished dabbing your eyes from the tears of laughter, check out the whole post.  But basically the half-ex-gov [...]

Alaskans are watching the news, like the rest of the nation watched us after the Exxon Valdez slammed into Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound more than 20 years ago.  Helpless.  Far away.  Filled with grief.  We look at our screens and monitor a growing black sheen of oil spread and we can’t do anything [...]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a compelling piece for The Huffington Post that discusses the proposed Pebble Mine, a huge open-pit mine that would sit next to the world’s most pristine and productive salmon fishery. Pebble will mine gold, and copper. Copper, by the way, is highly toxic to fish. So, it’s basically a [...]

CNN has aired the following piece, including great video from Dennis Zaki. They interviewed Zaki and used footage of his interviews with residents of Emmonak to shed more light on the situation in Western Alaska. He speaks about the “why don’t they move?” argument, and brings the focus back where it ought to be -on [...]

The first time I heard Univeristy of Alaska professor Rick Steiner speak was in 2006.  He gave a brilliant and passionate presentation entitled “War and the Environment,” and was preparing to travel to the Niger Delta to participate in a damage assessment of the world’s most severely petroleum-impacted ecosystem.  Whatever area of the brain houses the little part [...]

For the residents of south central Alaska, hearing the words “Exxon Valdez” causes a visceral reaction in the gut.  The carelessness, recklessness, and ineptitude of one of our supposed partners in economic development that caused the spill of 10-30 million gallons of crude oil  (depending who you believe) was a stab in the heart – [...]