WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNStalk) -- Earthworks issued the following statement on May 2, 2023: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reintroduced a resolution calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency, phase out fossil fuel production and end our dirty energy dependence by massively deploying renewable, resilient energy. The resolution follows a deluge of fossil fuel project approvals by the Biden administration th  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The National Center for Law and Economic Justice issued the following news release: The plaintiffs in a lawsuit over delayed food stamp benefits and the Department of Health ("DOH") have reached a preliminary agreement to put litigation on hold temporarily while the Division of Public Assistance continues its efforts to clear the backlog in food stamp application processing. After a settlement conference attended by the counsel for both parties, as well as   more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: WCS's Arctic Beringia Program has co-produced a new feature-length documentary film with Tribal partners in the community of Old Harbor, Alaska, titled "The Herd." This film follows a free-roaming herd of plains bison (bison bison) that were transferred to Sitkalidak Island, Alaska in 2017 and the nearby community of Old Harbor, which owns, manages and harvests them. This acquisition of bi  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 3 (TNSjou) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: A new WCS-led study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and other disturbances. Prudhoe Bay is the site of intensive energy development and is located on the Arctic Coastal Plain, one of the most important  more