Tech titans also have an eye on plundering the country for resources that are crucial to the AI boom.
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Billionaires’ Dreams of a Cryptostate Undergird Trump’s Push for Greenland Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As Kristen Moreland waited for the livestream to buffer, her thoughts drifted to the years she’d devoted to defending Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the northeastern sweep of Alaska where the mountains give way to the coastal plain. On screen, the chatter […]
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Donald Trump’s Dream of an Alaskan Oil Boom Is Feeling More Like a Bust Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to make life easier for small businesses. That addition, the Congressional Review Act, granted Congress the power to kill new federal regulations with a simple […]
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This Republican Attempt to Scuttle Federal Land Plans Could Cause Great Upheaval Read Post »
Republicans want to use the Congressional Review Act to advance Trump’s extraction agenda in Alaska and beyond.
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GOP Aims to Permanently Gut Federal Land Protections via Arcane Oversight Rule Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, the Bureau of Land Management quietly announced plans to trade away 2 million acres of public land along Alaska’s Dalton Highway. The immense stretch of boreal forest totters into tundra, an area almost three times the size of Rhode […]
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The Conservative Nature Lovers Trying to Nudge Trump in the Right Direction Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first-ever official heat advisory as temperatures […]
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From Ice to Inferno: Alaska Issues Historic Heat Advisory Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump continued dismantling US climate policy this week when he directed the Justice Department to challenge state laws aimed at addressing the crisis—a campaign legal scholars called unconstitutional and climate activists said is sure to fail. The president, who […]
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Trump’s Order Targeting State Climate Laws Is Probably Unconstitutional Read Post »
However, critics say forcing state and local governments to litigate can have a chilling effect on climate action.
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Trump on Shaky Legal Ground With Executive Order Targeting State Climate Laws Read Post »
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