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Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 6:31 PM AKDT
|By Beth Verge
Ballot Measure 1 would raise taxes for producers on several oil fields on the North Slope.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 1:13 PM AKDT
|By Beth Verge
As the Pebble Partnership hunts for a new CEO, opponents of the mine maintain a change in leadership does little to alleviate problems with the project and company.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 6:41 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Scientists have evidence of killer whale predation on bowhead whales in the eastern Chukchi and Beaufort seas for the first time.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 8:02 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
After last month’s record of decision outlining the federal government’s plan to auction oil and gas leases in approximately 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, indigenous people, who depend on the caribou whose calving grounds the development would disturb, are getting support from the United Nations.
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Updated: Jul. 25, 2020 at 6:34 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Before the Army Corps can authorize a permit allowing the Pebble Partnership to discharge dredged or fill material into streams or wetlands, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation must grant a certification that the project will not violate existing water quality laws.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 9:12 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The Final EIS is not a decision on whether the Pebble Partnership will receive the permits it needs to move forward with the mine, but rather it is a scientific document the Army Corps and U.S. Coast Guard will use to make permitting decisions.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 4:54 PM AKDT
|By JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press
The world could see annual global temperatures break a key threshold for the first time in the coming five years, the U.N. weather agency said Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 4:47 PM AKDT
|By Cheyenne Mathews
The U.S. Department of the Interior says it is reopening trails in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge after they were damaged in the 2019 Swan Lake Fire.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 5:57 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Entanglements with fishing gear and other objects in the ocean can pose life threatening risks to whales and dangerous situations for the trained responders called upon to disentangle them.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 6:49 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Fishermen in Southeast Alaska could see their season cut short if a federal judge issues an injunction requested by a Washington environmental group to protect the food supply of a subpopulation of orcas.
7 Day Forecast
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 6:40 PM AKDT
|By Ellie Baty
June 8 is World Oceans Day- a day to remind everyone about the major role the oceans have in everyday life.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 2:34 PM AKDT
|By Tracy Sinclare
Despite the fact many Alaskans remember summers with cold, drizzly days, the plants in your garden still need to be watered...even when it rains. Our garden experts say plants dry out quickly in Alaska.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 6:43 AM AKDT
|By Marlise Irby
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is warning pilots of an ash plume from Monday night's Cleveland volcano eruption
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 7:50 AM AKDT
|By Daniel Kirby
The pup, found on May 3 by the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel near the ferry terminal in Haines, is believed to have been born prematurely, and is the smallest harbor seal pup the Alaska SeaLife Center rescue program has taken in to date.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2020 at 6:37 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Eight days after oil was found in Prince William Sound in Valdez, a citizen oversight group says the initial response to the spill has been positive.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2020 at 3:30 PM AKDT
|By Mary Kate Burgess
More than 30,000 gallons of an oil and water mix have been recovered from the Valdez Marine Terminal according to a statement from Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2020 at 9:30 PM AKDT
|By KTUU Digital Staff
A judge on Friday halted a group's pursuit of Bristol Bay protections, but the joint plaintiff maintains the fishery is threatened by the development of Pebble Mine.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:27 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The National Weather Service's Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center released its site-specific Spring breakup outlook Tuesday, forecasting not only a statewide breakup several days earlier than normal, but also a higher risk of ice-jam flooding across much of the state.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2020 at 6:08 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
State regulators are scaling back enforcement of air and water quality protections until at least June and are asking regulated entities to self-report violations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 4:23 PM AKST
|By Ellie Baty
More than three million pounds of trash was dumped into the City and Borough of Juneau's landfill during the summer 2019 tourism season alone, and city officials are limited in the remedies they have available to address the growing problem.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2020 at 1:48 PM AKST
|By Ellie Baty
At 66-million tons annually, palm oil is the most commonly produced vegetable oil, but at what cost?
Updated: Feb. 24, 2020 at 5:18 PM AKST
Biologists trying to piece together the puzzle of why the Cook Inlet beluga whale population continues to decline despite recovery efforts now have more information they hope will lead to answers.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2020 at 10:49 PM AKST
|By Beth Verge
A small group of scuba divers gathered at Dive Alaska Monday to figure out what path lies ahead in the effort to clean up Smitty's Cove, a top-notch diving site in the middle of Whittier.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2020 at 10:37 AM AKST
|By Associated Press
The EPA reports that 30 Alaska facilities released about 972 million pounds of Toxic Release Inventory chemicals.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2020 at 6:56 PM AKST
|By Hank Davis
The mineral company has identified several projects which would be carried out in order to lessen the impacts in the Bristol Bay area; however, many groups remain firmly opposed to the mine.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2020 at 6:40 PM AKST
|By Kortnie Horazdovsky
A group of 16 Democratic Senators, including two presidential candidates, sent a letter to 11 major U.S. banks, asking them to stop financing oil and gas drilling and exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2020 at 4:27 PM AKST
|By Ellie Baty & Maria Downey
Channel 2's Maria Downey speaks with Executive Director of the Alaska Forum on the Environment, Kurt Eilo about their mission and this year's key panel discussions.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2020 at 7:33 PM AKST
|By Taylor Clark
The petition calls for the National Park Service to not allow Carnival Cruise Ships from operating in Glacier Bay until a third party monitoring system is put in place to make sure they don't pollute the water.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2020 at 6:10 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Currently, biologists know very little about the ages and age distribution of the Cook Inlet beluga population because the current method of dating belugas requires analyzing its teeth, which can only be collected after an animal dies
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:25 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Three days after NOAA Fisheries released its latest abundance estimate showing a decline in the endangered Cook Inlet beluga, two environmental groups have filed a notice of intent to sue the federal agency over its decision to authorize Hilcorp to conduct activities that would impact marine mammals.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2020 at 3:17 PM AKST
|By Tracy Sinclare
A series of earthquakes has hit an area about 60 miles southeast of Amchitka Island in the western Aleutians.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2020 at 12:14 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Critics of the 2015 rule, including Alaska’s congressional delegation, argued that the rule was an overreach of federal authority.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2020 at 7:20 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
According to NOAA Fisheries, the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population is estimated to both be smaller and declining more quickly than previously thought.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2020 at 1:05 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Despite requests from agencies including the EPA, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Pebble Mine, the document will not include an analysis of the impacts of a tailings dam failure.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2020 at 5:46 PM AKST
|By Associated Press
A new Alaska organization has raised thousands of dollars for a climate group through individual contributions from women attending its first meeting.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2020 at 4:06 PM AKST
|By Gilbert Cordova
An Alaska group is part of a nationwide collection of organizations trying to get the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the PFAS class of chemicals.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2020 at 11:22 PM AKST
|By Taylor Clark
The plan is to get water out of residential areas and back in the river. It comes with some liability however.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2020 at 8:27 PM AKST
|By Mike Ross
Hunting restrictions put in place within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge three years ago were challenged in a lawsuit filed Monday by the State of Alaska.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2020 at 1:44 PM AKST
|By Derek Minemyer
A recent study suggests that rising orca populations are in part responsible for the disappearance of large Chinook salmon along the west coast of North America.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2020 at 12:02 PM AKST
|By Lex Treinen
Ash was reported up to 27,000 feet, but scientists say that the behavior is typical for a volcano experiencing unrest.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2019 at 1:39 PM AKST
The borough hopes to "clear up recent misinformation" about the Willow Creek flooding
Updated: Dec. 30, 2019 at 10:25 AM AKST
|By Lex Treinen
Hunters on St. Lawrence Island in the Northern Bering Sea have had trouble retrieving seals they need for subsistence after the seals started sinking the last few years.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2019 at 3:31 PM AKST
|By KTUU Staff
Starting this weekend, and continuing through January 15, Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling (ALPAR) is once again giving you the option to recycle your holiday trees.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2019 at 1:54 PM AKST
|By Lex Treinen
Climate change might become an unlikely boon for seeing this celestial phenomenon.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2019 at 9:09 AM AKST
|By Associated Press
KTVF-TV reported Friday that the state Department of Environmental Conservation released its required final air quality improvement plan to the Environmental Protection Agency to reach compliance with the Clean Air Act.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2019 at 1:27 PM AKST
|By Gilbert Cordova
The Arctic Report Card 2019 is out and for the first time in 13 years, Alaska Native voices are being featured in the report card.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2019 at 7:28 PM AKST
|By Sean Maguire
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will soon propose a regulation that would allow jet skis on Kachemak Bay, frustrating some environmental groups that say they pose a risk to wildlife.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2019 at 7:53 PM AKST
|By Derek Minemyer
The Chukchi Sea saw the lowest sea ice extent on record for the month of Nov., according to scientists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2019 at 6:49 PM AKST
|By Sean Maguire
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Delaney Park Strip, urging state lawmakers to combat climate change and for the governor to reinstate an environmental action committee.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2019 at 9:57 AM AKST
|By Sara Tewksbury
The soil is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, most commonly from firefighting foams.