Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Tag: Arctic Refuge

Another company exits Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; cancels oil and gas...

This leaves the state agency, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, as the only remaining lease holder in the refuge.

Trump administration drills down on Alaska’s Arctic Refuge

The deeply unpopular plan would benefit a few rich oil companies while threatening people, wildlife and the climate.

Grassroots fighters for the Arctic Refuge take the case to DC

We must stand for the protection of the Arctic Refuge and ask our representatives to do the same.

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Candace Owens speaking in 2018. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens.

The 19th interviewed half a dozen of her listeners, after a Media Matters report found her platforms grew 80 percent between January 2025 and March 2026 to roughly 10.9 million new followers.
Water Street in downtown Eastport, Maine. Photo: Ken Gallager / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal regulators accepted the...

The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.
The Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Photo: JSquish / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.

For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
A gas station price board in Lewiston, Maine. Photo: Micov / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...

The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.