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As Iditarod Mushers Rest, Warm Weather Is Melting Strategies And Plans [1]

"A drizzle fell Wednesday morning in Takotna, where more than a dozen Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams were bedded down for their 24-hour rests."

Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [10], 03/10/2023

"Alaska Communities Try to Keep Their Whale Freezers Frozen" [11]

"In the face of melting permafrost, Iñupiat communities in Alaska find new solutions to keeping traditional ice cellars cold."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [12]
Food [13]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: High Country News [14], 03/09/2023

"#StopWillow Is Taking TikTok By Storm. Can It Actually Work?" [15]

"When Elise Joshi posted a TikTok video about the Alaska oil drilling project known as Willow in early February, she didn’t have high hopes it would go viral."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [3]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: CNN [18], 03/08/2023

Covering Indigenous Communities — Tips for Non-Native Journalists [19]

Non-Indigenous journalists may think they’re doing “marginalized” Indigenous communities a favor by covering them, but their coverage is too often extractive and riddled with racist tropes. Contributor Valerie Vande Panne offers insights and advice for avoiding these pitfalls. Seeking permission, listening, sharing and respecting are all critical tools for the job.

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People & Population [5]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [25]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
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"Biden Administration Recommends Major Alaska Oil Project" [29]

"The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bomb.”

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: AP [31], 02/02/2023

"Administration Expected to Endorse Limited Drilling in Alaska Project" [32]

"The Biden administration is expected to propose a scaled-down version of a sprawling oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, according to two people familiar with the decision. The proposal would allow drilling to proceed on a limited basis as part of an $8 billion project known as Willow that climate activists have criticized for years."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [33]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: NYTimes [34], 02/01/2023

"E.P.A. Bans Disposal of Mine Waste in Bristol Bay" [35]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday is set to move to protect one of the world’s most valuable wild salmon fisheries, at Bristol Bay in Alaska, by effectively blocking the development of a long-disputed gold and copper mine there."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [38]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: NYTimes [41], 01/31/2023

Cascadia Bioregion Rife With Energy, Environment Troubles To Report in 2023 [42]

Iconic critters like salmon, orca and wolves. Climate controversies like natural gas greenwashing and carbon auctions. And wildfire fallout like “smoke-a-geddon.” These are just some of the wide array of stories worth covering as environmental journalists scan Cascadia, the huge area encompassing Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and stretching from Alaska to Utah. This special TipSheet, part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, outlines top issues in the region, offering insights, resources and story angles.

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Diversity [22]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [48]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [33]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Food [13]
Forests [49]
Government [24]
Health [50]
Infrastructure [51]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [4]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [53]
Pollution [38]
Transportation [6]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [54]
Region: 
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Alaska and Hawaii [9]
California [55]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Northwest (OR WA) [57]
International [28]
Canada [58]
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"Sea Otter Recovery Is Sending Ripples through the Ecosystem" [59]

"On Pleasant Island, Alaska, wolves are feasting on sea otters. That’s surprisingly bad news for deer."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Studies [33]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [54]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Hakai [60], 01/26/2023

"Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest" [61]

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it has banned logging and road-building on about nine million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, aiming to settle a two-decade battle over the fate of North America’s largest temperate rainforest."

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [49]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [4]
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Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: NYTimes [62], 01/26/2023

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