Alaska Politics & News
Alaska politics and news from The Daily Signal, featuring coverage of natural resource debates, state sovereignty issues, and the Last Frontier’s unique role in American energy independence.
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Obama’s Drilling Ban in Alaska Isn’t About Saving Polar Bears. It’s About His Radical Agenda
It was just recently that President Obama took credit for falling gas prices in his State of the Union address, and already he is sticking another knife in the back of America’s domestic oil and gas producers — to say nothing of the residents of Alaska. Obama’s latest anti-fossil-fuels directive is to move off-limits to…Stephen Moore -
This Federal Government Land Grab Would Permanently Lock Up Millions of Alaska Acres With Energy Potential
What do Yosemite and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have in common? Not a whole lot, but that isn’t stopping the Obama Administration from linking the two in a massive land grab attempt to prohibit American energy development. The Obama administration is calling on Congress to designate more than 12 million acres in Alaska as…Nicolas Loris -
Voters in D.C., Oregon, Alaska Just Legalized Recreational Marijuana
Residents of Washington, D.C., overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational marijuana for adults tonight. Late into the evening, Oregon and Alaska followed suit. The District of Columbia’s measure to legalize pot was backed by nearly 70 percent of voters. The referendum makes it legal for those 21 and older to grow and possess marijuana in the…Kelsey Bolar -
Environmentalists Halt Obama Administration Plan to Cut Trees in Alaska
A family-owned timber firm that operates the last significant sawmill in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has won a momentous U.S. Forest Service contract: the Big Thorne Project, which will allow the harvest of nearly 150 million board feet of wood. The Obama administration's decision marks the transition away from old-growth timber and toward a sustainable…Ron Arnold -
EPA’s Restrictions on Alaska Mine Spark Charges of Executive Overreach
Even though the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be backing off its push to preemptively kill a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska’s bush country, the agency is pitching an array of conditions that could stifle the project. A recently proposed list of restrictions, whose public comment period runs until Sept. 19, could severely…M.D. Kittle