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KTVA: Alaska lawmakers prepare message for Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
Posted in Articles on February 9, 2015 | Preview rr

Alaska lawmakers prepare message for Interior Secretary Sally Jewell By Rhonda McBride JUNEAU – As lawmakers in the House passed yet another unanimous resolution on Monday supporting development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it seemed as if they were trying out their message for U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who visits Alaska next week. “If we dash off words of anger to those whose minds we are trying to change, those don’t work,” said Rep. Les Gara, who supports development in... Read more
ADN: Visit by Interior's Sally Jewell to Kotzebue is magnet for Alaska politicians
Posted in Articles on February 6, 2015 | Preview rr

Visit by Interior's Sally Jewell to Kotzebue is magnet for Alaska politicians By Alex DeMarban,Nathaniel Herz An upcoming winter board retreat for the Alaska Federation of Natives will feature a host of political leaders from Alaska, many drawn to the event by the presence of U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Despite the attendance of so many officials, the event won’t be open to the public. The gathering in Kotzebue this month will include 10 state lawmakers hoping to share objections with ... Read more
Bristol Bay Times: Unalaska council says no to marine sanctuary
Posted in Articles on February 6, 2015 | Preview rr

Unalaska council says no to marine sanctuary By Jim Paulin Despite an environmental group's failed federal request for a marine sanctuary covering much of the Bering Sea commercial fishing grounds, the Unalaska City Council still wanted its opposition known. "I don't think it's over at all," said Mayor Shirley Marquardt last week, and council member Tom Enlow, president of the Unisea seafood company, agreed that it could resurface, as did departing City Manager Chris Hladick, who next month take... Read more
SitNews: NOAA SHIES AWAY FROM ALEUTIANS MARINE SANCTUARY
Posted in Articles on February 4, 2015 | Preview rr

NOAA SHIES AWAY FROM ALEUTIANS MARINE SANCTUARY By Mary Kauffman, SitNews (SitNews) - A proposal to name the Aleutian Islands marine ecosystem as Alaska’s first National Marine Sanctuary has run aground on local political opposition, according to a letter from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). As a result, PEER says the only path to obtain permanent federal protection for Alaska waters may be designation as a n... Read more
Law 360: House Bill To Ban Data Sharing Through HealthCare.gov
Posted in Articles on February 4, 2015 | Preview rr

House Bill To Ban Data Sharing Through HealthCare.gov By Jessica Corso Law360, New York (February 03, 2015, 1:26 PM ET) -- A congressman from Alaska announced on Monday that he is adding his voice to the growing concerns over reports that HealthCare.gov is shuffling off private consumer data to third-party websites such as Google Inc. after introducing bill in the House last week that seeks to prohibit the practice. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, introduced the Protecting Rights Online To Ensure Cons... Read more
The Hill: HillVets’ Top 100 Veterans of 2014
Posted in Articles on February 4, 2015 | Preview rr

HillVets’ Top 100 Veterans of 2014 By Kristina Wong Congressmen, writers and entrepreneurs are among the HillVets’ Top 100 Veterans of 2014 list of the most influential veterans, service members and supporters. The exhaustive list includes influential veterans of all eras, from the Vietnam Wars to the more recent Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. And the people on the list run the gamut from film directors to business executives. There are well-known people on the list, including outgoing Defense Secre... Read more
Ketchikan Daily News: EDITORIAL - Privacy
Posted in Articles on February 3, 2015 | Preview rr

EDITORIAL: Privacy If we want our personal data shared, we'll provide it to whom we want to have it. That's the message heard loud and clear from consumers concerned with their data, which was acquired through HealthCare.gov, being shared with private businesses for advertising and marketing purposes. The government is essentially making many consumers use the website, or at the very least strongly encouraging us to. It should protect us, not increase our vulnerability. The data, which the gover... Read more
Alaska Dispatch News:Alaska Railroad safety project faces state's new fiscal reality
Posted in Articles on February 2, 2015 | Preview rr

Alaska Railroad safety project faces state's new fiscal reality By Nathaniel Herz JUNEAU -- A federally imposed deadline for an Alaska Railroad safety upgrade is butting up against the state’s dire fiscal circumstances, as legislators Monday signaled that they may not be able to supply the money the railroad says it needs to finish the project. Railroad executives told a state Senate committee Monday that they needed nearly $20 million in this year’s budget to complete a $160 million system call... Read more
ADN: Chukchi Sea shoal newly closed to oil leasing is well known as biological hot spot
Posted in Articles on February 2, 2015 | Preview rr

Chukchi Sea shoal newly closed to oil leasing is well known as biological hot spot By Yereth Rosen Hanna Shoal, a region of shallow water in the remote Chukchi Sea that President Barack Obama last week put off limits to oil leasing, has long been known as a biological hot spot in the icy Arctic Ocean. The area is so teeming with marine life that walruses, even when forced onto land by a lack of floating sea ice, are known to make the nearly 300-mile round-trip swim to Hanna Shoal to feast on its... Read more
Petroleum News: It’s off limits
Posted in Articles on February 1, 2015 | Preview rr

Petroleum News February 1, 2015 It’s off limits Fish & Wildlife ANWR plan bans oil development in coastal plain of refuge By Alan Bailey The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published a final environmental impact statement for the agency’s conservation plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In that EIS the agency has selected a plan alternative that recommends that Congress should designate the entire refuge as wilderness, (see map page 23) including the coastal plain area, sometimes kn... Read more

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