WASHINGTON, March 15 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news: The Computer & Communications Industry Association provided testimony to members of Alaska's House Labor & Commerce Committee in opposition to proposed policy related to children's online safety. CCIA outlined concerns with age verification requirements, lack of individual control over available content, and lack of clarity for businesses on how to comply. CCI  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 14 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Gulf, Alaska, and environmental groups filed a motion to intervene in an oil industry lawsuit challenging the Interior Department's Five-Year Program for offshore oil-and-gas leasing -- to prevent industry from grabbing even more public waters for profit. The Interior Department had originally proposed as many as 11 offshore sales, eventually settling on three new sales to be held through 2029. The American   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: Gulf, Alaska, and environmental groups filed a motion to intervene in an oil industry lawsuit challenging the Interior Department's Five-Year Program for offshore oil and gas leasing -- to prevent industry from grabbing even more public waters for profit. The Interior Department had originally proposed as many as 11 offshore sales, eventually settling on three new sales to be held through 2029. The American Petrole  more

SHAKTOOLIK, Alaska, March 13 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on March 12, 2024: * * * Please see the following statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman: "The Iditarod is the shame of Alaska." "How many more dogs need to die before this stops?" "Dogs' lives are worth more than this." * * * Original text here: https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/peta-statement-re-third-dog-run-to-death-in-this-years-iditarod/ [Category: An  more

NOME, Alaska, March 13 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on March 12, 2024: * * * Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to Dallas Seavey winning the 2024 Iditarod today: "Dallas Seavey, who literally wrote the book on abusing dogs, may have finished first, but he cemented his legacy as a champion of pain and suffering. Three dogs, including one belonging to his kennel, collapsed and died on the tr  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 12 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on March 10, 2024: Today, a 2-year-old dog named Bog, who was forced to race in the Iditarod by musher Isaac Teaford, collapsed near the Nulato checkpoint and died. Three of Teaford's other dogs had already been pulled from the race due to exhaustion, illness, or injury. Video footage, available here (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/21zy500ibw0), shows Bog lying motionless on the icy grou  more