Alaska Alaskans play the long game for climate, and win An interview with organizer Tristan Glowa on how citizen climate volunteers pushed a Fairbanks electric utility to trade out old coal for new wind power
Alaska A tale of two highways An epic Alaskan response to a commenter who resorted to namecalling advocates of Alaska’s Marine Highway.
Ferry Strike Fight for ferry workers, fight for ferries How you can support the strike & essential transportation for Alaska’s coastal communities
Alaskapocalypse Alaskapocalypse ’19: Banana Republicans in Oil Country Because Alaska is a banana republic where oil is the bananas — one big Conoco company town — there are some winners in this scenario. The billionaire CEOs of oil corporations will continue to enjoy annual tax breaks that happen to equal Alaska’s annual budget shortfall.
Alaskapocalypse Forget PFD vs State, it’s Big Oil vs Alaskans Alaskans should build a bipartisan movement to end fossil fuel subsidies and protect the PFD. While the greed expressed by Dunleavy and his defenders is truly reprehensible, let’s not vilify low and middle income families who rely on the PFD to make ends meet and rise out of poverty.
Climate Change I can’t stop thinking about the state of our state Alaska is on fire both physically and metaphorically and I’m afraid we aren’t sounding the alarms loudly enough
Short Story #alaskapocalypse in twitterverse We sipped the smoke like we sipped our first beer. Chewed the air like warm muktuk. Couldn’t see, couldn’t think. Everything dimmed. Stumbling in the way to the outhouse, dodging birds falling with a dull thud.
Healthcare What single payer means to an Alaskan fisherman with breast cancer Here’s how single payer works: You pay a little more in taxes and you don’t pay premiums. All doctors and hospitals are in-network. The end.
Healthcare Don’t stop now Alaska, real healthcare reform is within reach Improved Medicare For All can end our sky high health insurance premiums and lower overall health costs to Alaskans by absorbing Alaska’s high risk patients into a large, national pool
