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"Contentious Alaska Oil, Gas Drilling Rights Sale Generates Record Revenue" [1]

"The Trump administration said this week that its recent sale of the rights to drill in a contentious area of Alaska generated record revenue for federal oil and gas lease sales."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: The Hill [6], 03/20/2026
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A Do-Or-Die Moment For Hawaiʻi’s Contested Aquarium Fish Trade [7]

"A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice."

Biodiversity [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [14], 03/19/2026
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As Winters Warm, Deadly Falls Through The Ice Become More Common [15]

"Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: AP [20], 03/18/2026
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NPS Proposes Rule That Would Again Allow Bear Baiting In Alaska Preserves [21]

"The National Park Service has proposed a regulation that would defer to state regulations in managing wildlife in Alaska’s national preserves. It is similar to a 2020 regulation put forward by the first Trump administration, which removed bans on bear baiting, using artificial light to spotlight dens to kill black bears, taking wolves and coyotes during denning season, and more."

Wildlife [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: National Parks Traveler [22], 03/10/2026
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"Iditarod 2026: A Musher On A Mission" [23]

"It’s 60-below-zero on Feb. 11 in Eagle Village, Alaska, and Jody Potts-Joseph is sewing a pair of mukluks for Jessie Holmes, a good friend and co-competitor in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race."

People & Population [18]
Transportation [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: ICT [25], 03/10/2026
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Fire Sleuths Can Spark Story Ideas With Wildland Urban Interface Data Maps [26]

Communities surrounded by forest can be a beautiful place to live … or a wildfire trap. Environmental journalists can readily map and identify these so-called wildland urban interfaces through a federal government resource, writes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. More on this data mapping tool and how to use it to track your area’s risk, explore historical trends and layer other data.

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Disasters [28]
Environmental Studies [29]
Forests [30]
Government [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [33]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
California [34]
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"Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers" [35]

"No companies bid for the chance to drill in more than 1 million acres of water off Alaska’s Cook Inlet, the Interior Department said Wednesday."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [10]
Natural Resources [36]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: NYTimes [38], 03/05/2026
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AK Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Fight Water Pollution From Cruise Ships [39]

"Two state lawmakers introduced legislation this month that aims to crack down on a major source of water pollution from cruise ships in Alaska waters."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [40]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: KHNS/NPR [41], 03/04/2026
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"House GOP Targets Green Groups Over Willow Fight" [42]

"House Republicans are investigating environmental groups over their efforts to stop a major oil and natural gas project in Alaska."

Biodiversity [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Source: E&E News [43], 02/23/2026
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ANWR Well Is Deep and Dark — But Is It Dry? [44]

Journalists love a secret. And WatchDog Opinion delves into a whopper on the environment beat — the hidden data surrounding a singular test well drilled in one of the most contested ecosystems in the United States. Now that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been reopened for oil leasing by the Trump administration, do the findings even matter? More on the saga.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [45]
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Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [36]
Policy [46]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
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