Alaska’s mining industry breathes new life into our communities Chuck Kopp, Anchorage Daily News, September 7, 2019 Alaska’s mining industry employs Alaskans, whose concerns and burdens for the environment and a better life are the same as our own. Our mining industry routinely works with their neighbors to help alleviate suffering and improve the lives of their region. I think … read more

Editorial Note:  Read our Lips:  No New Taxes!  In case there was any confusion with yesterday’s editorial about “getting our fair share,” The Alliance remains opposed to any new taxes on the oil & gas industry. We repeat: “This proposed ballot initiative is the epitome of instability and needs to be defeated.” Dunleavy asks federal council to fast-track Southeast rare … read more

Top Interior official who pushed to expand drilling in Alaska to join oil company there Juliet Eilperin & Steve Mufson, The Washington Post,  September 4, 2019 Last summer, Scott Pruitt left his job heading the Environmental Protection Agency and within a few months had started consulting for coal magnate Joseph W. Craft III. Three weeks after leaving the Interior Department, … read more