NEWS OF THE DAY: For US Arctic coordinator, Alaska trip shows importance of local voices in international affairsYereth Rosen, Arctic Today, June 22,2021 For James DeHart, the U.S. State Department’s Arctic coordinator, a whirlwind tour of Alaska in earlier this month created some important impressions that will help inform the Biden administration’s policies. DeHart spent about a week traveling the state … read more
NEWS OF THE DAY: Court finds environmentalists’ challenge to Trump NEPA rule too early in processMaya Weber, Richard Rubin, S & P Global Platts, June 21, 2021 Sees path for challenges after agencies make project decisions. Other cases stayed as Biden CEQ revises regulation. Streamlining rule was backed by gas pipelines. A US district court judge June 21 tossed one … read more
NEWS OF THE DAY: No progress on avoiding Alaska state government shutdown; new special session this weekAndrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media and KTOO, June 21, 2021 The Alaska legislative special session ended on Friday without an agreement to avoid a state government shutdown on July 1. Gov. Mike Dunleavy called the Legislature back into a new special session to start on Wednesday, … read more
