Cook Inlet Belugas

Drain, Baby Drain! 6 Million Gallons of Crude Oil at the Base of Erupting Volcano Could be Alaska's Next Exxon Valdez

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green


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On its 20th anniversary, we all relive the human and environmental tragedy that was the Exxon Valdez oil spill. But today, right now, Alaska faces down another threat.

Unearthed: The News Without the Chaff

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

John Conyers subpoenas Karl Rove, Obama blocks some of Bush's last-minute environmental rollbacks, Sarah Palin plans to sue federal government over endangered whales, and more.

Palin's War on Wildlife Takes to the Sea

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


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Palin's unlikely Vice Presidential nomination may actually be a blessing in disguise for these animals who otherwise might have declined in obscurity.