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For Immediate Release, May 28, 2021 Contact: Kristen Monsell, (510) 844-7137, kmonsell@biologicaldiversity.org Biden Administration Proposes to Allow Oil Companies to Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska’s Arctic ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a proposed rule today allowing oil companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific walruses when drilling or searching for oil for the next five years. “It’s maddening to see the Biden administration allowing oil companies to continue their noisy, harmf...

Community collaboration enriches a new view of Black life in Alaska SPONSORED: Museum curators partnered with community members and private collectors to explore the lived experience of Black Alaskans. Author: Anchorage Museum Presented by the Anchorage Museum I don’t want to pass down the hardships of being Black to my kids, I want to pass down the good, the stuff that they can be proud of and the accomplishments and a strong culture and history. That’s legit Black joy to me. -- Jasmin Smith, Anchorage entrepreneur, teacher, consultant, community activist and mother Museum exhibit...

Study Brings Sharper Focus to Warm Arctic Seawater Details Share This A new study provides the first high-resolution observations of warm, northbound water sliding beneath the surface of the cold Beaufort Sea. A new study provides the first high-resolution observations of warm, northbound water sliding beneath the surface of the cold Beaufort Sea. The research, published in Nature Communications, adds to evidence that polar ice may be melting faster than models predict. “The rate of accelerating sea ice melt in the Arctic has been hard to predict accurately, in p...

Obituary: Normand M. Cote AUBURN - Normand M. Cote passed away April 11, 2021, at the Auburn Hospice House. He was born in Lewiston, Sept. ... Read Article AUBURN – Normand M. Cote passed away April 11, 2021, at the Auburn Hospice House. He was born in Lewiston, Sept. 21, 1931, the son of William and Melanie Grenier Cote. Norm attended St. Mary’s Parochial School and graduated from St. Dominic High School, class of 1949. He was a member of Holy Cross Church – Prince of Peace Parish. After high school, Norm enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He went to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training ...