Sarah Palin Takes the GOP Campaign to New Lows

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 22, 2016 Palin's endorsement of front-runner Donald Trump this week was a master class in surrealist poetry. Geniuses of the Dada movement would have been humbled by her obliteration of the bourgeois concept we call logic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Oil Industry Lobbyists Played the Long Game to Access a Fuel-Rich Corner of Alaskan Wilderness

Staff / Truthdig Dec 22, 2015 The story of how the oil company ConocoPhillips overcame years of resistance from courts, native Alaskans, environmental groups and several federal agencies reveals the truth about how Washington really works. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Repeal Denali

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Denali

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Obama Drills

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Sep 3, 2015 Apparently Obama’s “All of the Above” energy policy involves saving the planet while simultaneously trying to kill it. Dig deeper

VIDEO: Obama’s Journey: 10 Signs of Extreme Climate Change in Alaska and Why It Should Scare Us

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 3, 2015 American corporate news has not devoted the hours to President Obama’s trip to Alaska that it deserves, focusing on the GOP clown car back in the Lower 48 instead. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gov. Bill Walker Expands Medicaid to 42,000 Alaskans

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 17, 2015 Alaska is set to become the largest state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act through a plan announced Thursday by Gov. Bill Walker, a Republican-turned-independent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How the U.S. Navy Plans to War-Game the Arctic

By Dahr Jamail, TomDispatch and Truthout May 21, 2015 The Navy is increasingly focused on possible future climate-change conflicts in the melting waters of the north and, in that context, has little or no intention of caretaking the environment when it comes to military exercises. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Climate Change

Milt Priggee, www.miltpriggee.com, Cagle Cartoons Apr 9, 2015 Dig deeper

Despite Known Risk of Spill, U.S. to Let Shell Drill in Arctic

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 23, 2015 In spite of estimates of a 75 percent or greater chance of an ecologically disastrous spill, the U.S. government is expected this week to give the green light to Shell Oil's plan to restart drilling for petroleum in the Arctic. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Plans to Allow Drilling on America’s East Coast

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 The Obama administration put forth a five-year plan Tuesday that would allow oil and gas drilling in a giant area off the East Coast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wilderness

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