Tag: Alaska

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  Yellow Cedar Die-off in Alaska Linked to Global Warming

  Residents of Alaska and neighboring British Columbia have known for years that the cedars are dying. Now scientists know why.

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  Collar Camera Offers Unique Glimpse of Life as a Grizzly Bear

  They are regarded as among the most ferocious mammals on the planet, inspiring fear and awe throughout the lands they roam -- but as it turns out, your life probably is more eventful than a Grizzly's.

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  Seals and Walruses Found Dead in Alaska with Mysterious Sores and Hair Loss: Scientists Baffled

  Locals blame Fukushima radiation...and tests are underway.

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  Ask Pablo: What Is The Greenest Booze?

  Ask Pablo answers: What's the greenest kind of booze we can drink this holiday season?

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  Giving Thanks for Successful Grassroots Action

  Showing gratitude for some recent grassroots work.

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  Permanently Protect the Arctic From Oil Drilling

  How does a Wisconsinite who grows pickles on a hobby farm become an Arctic Hero?

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  Mysterious Disease Spreading Among Arctic Seals

  Beginning last July, officials from Alaska's Department of Wildlife Management began receiving reports of ringed seals showing signs of a mysterious, lesion-causing disease that has so far killed dozens of animals and inflicted

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  Shell Oil Spill in North Sea has Loosed 55,000 Gallons So Far

  Shell has released a statement saying that an accident on one of its rigs in the North Sea has led to 56,000 gallons of oil spilling out thus far. The oil giant is calling the disaster "significant", and it

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  Mysterious Orange Goo on Alaskan Shores Turns Out to Be Possibly Toxic Fish Eggs

  This one sounds like the beginning of a B movie- last week, the residents of Kivalina, Alaska were surprised to find a mysterious orange goo washing up on their shores. It was determined that

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  Time To Ditch The Penny; It Is Useless and Bad For The Environment

  Jeff recently asked Should We Ban the Penny to Help the Environment? As the things pile up in jars all over our house, I wonder why we bother having them at all, and I was curious how bad

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  Scientists Warn of Lethal Shellfish in a Part of Alaska

  Public health officials are warning that toxic algae is contaminating some Alaskan shellfish and the toxin could kill humans. High concentrations of the poisonous compound have been found in the Southeastern tip of the state, near

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  Alaska Bans the Ridiculous 'Sport' of Tasing Wildlife

  In an effort to prevent residents from partaking in one of the most idiotic pastimes imaginable, the government of Alaska has moved to ban 'tase-and-release' hunting. That's right, there was enough concern over folks stalking

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  Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011 - First Congressional Reaction To Nuclear Doubts?

  The Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011, an update of a stalemated 2010

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  Study Finds More Bears Opting For the Single Life

  More and more brown bears are embracing the single life -- at least that's according to an extensive, decades-long study of the animals in Alaska's Kodiak wilderness. Researchers have observed a dramatic change in the bears'

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  54 Jewelers Now Refuse to Buy Dirty Gold from Alaska's Pebble Mine

  Industry opposition to the controversial mining project at Alaska's Bristol Bay is growing: by last May, dozens of jewelry retailers had vowed to not buy gold from what would be the country's largest open-pit mine and

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  Alaskan Surfers Ride 5 Mile Long Waves

  For most surfers staying up for 60 yards is quite an accomplishment. Thirty seconds worth of wave riding is an adrenaline rush beyond belief, but for surfers in Alaska, that's nothing. According to a story on Grindtv, surfers in

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  No Break for Polar Bears on Christmas: Habitat Sacrificed by New Offshore Oil Plan

  First, the Obama administration this week upheld the much-lambasted Bush-era decision to label polar bears as threatened rather than endangered. Then, it opened up critical polar bear habitat to offshore drilling.

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  For Less Than $5, Students Drive Electric Car From From Alaska to Argentina

  Congrats and hurrah for these doughty English schoolboys; they designed, built and drove an electric car, the SRZero, from Alaska to Argentina. It took 5 months and cost £3 ($4.75), aside from the expense of developing