Politics Court to reconsider Trump-era decision that favored Alaska road project Conservation groups, joined by former President Carter, had sued to reopen the case after a March ruling upheld an Interior Department deal for a road through a national wildlife refuge.
Politics Jimmy Carter, at 97, steps into a big fight over a small road in Alaska The legal battle over the gravel route could gut an environmental law that the 39th president called one of his highest achievements.
Impacts www.nytimes.com When the otters vanished, everything else started to crumble Against the backdrop of climate change, the delicate underwater ecology of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands is hurting from declines in otters.
Impacts www.nytimes.com The Roman Republic was teetering. Then a volcano erupted 6,000 miles away Scientists have linked historical political instability to a number of volcanic events, the latest involving an eruption in the Aleutian Islands.
Elon Musk has criticized environmental regulations. His companies have been accused of sidestepping them.
