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 05.25.2011

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

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