Posts Tagged ‘Gwichin’
The American Public Makes Its Case To Protect The Arctic Refuge
Even though our day-to-day existence may be far removed from Arctic Alaska, we must stand for the protection of the Arctic Refuge and ask our representatives to do the same.
Read MoreThe Launching Pad For Restoring Arctic Refuge Protections
Last month, Alaska Wilderness League, together with our friends at Sierra Club, brought 30 citizen Alaska wilderness advocates to D.C. for several days of training, advocacy and lobbying, which included more than 60 visits with members of Congress or their staffs.
Read MoreHope In The Fight For Climate Justice
The League’s own Andy Moderow still has hope in the face of the Trump administration’s push for Arctic Refuge leasing. This is how we keep fighting for climate justice and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Read MoreWhy You Should Care About The Arctic Refuge – Even If You Never Go There
The Arctic Refuge is wild and spectacular—and, get this: It belongs to all Americans. Including you. (This piece originally appeared on Outdoor Research.)
Read MoreRemembering Hetch Hetchy, Glen Canyon In The Fight To Save The Arctic Refuge
Today the Senate voted 51-49 to approve the first stage of a complicated multi-part budget reconciliation process that, if the Alaska congressional delegation gets its way, will attach drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on to a massive package of tax cuts.
Read MoreProtecting The Arctic Refuge Is Non-Negotiable
(This piece is posted with permission from the Patagonia Cleanest Line blog.) Bernadette Demientieff, the Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee: “For us, this is a matter of physical, spiritual and cultural survival. It is our basic human right to continue to feed our families on our ancestral lands and practice our subsistence way of life.”
Read MorePaddling To The Arctic Ocean
Richard Spener sits on the board of Alaska Wilderness League, and first visited Alaska in 1987 where he and his wife, Toni Armstrong, sea kayaked in Glacier Bay. Since then they have paddled and hiked in Alaska a total of 12 times, including five unguided trips to the Arctic Refuge.
Read MoreTrump’s Budget Sells Out Alaska To Big Business
(This piece originally appeared in The Hill.) Outside of issuing executive orders and rolling back environmental protections, the Trump administration has been proficient at very little sound policy — but it sure does know how to snuggle up to big business.
Read MoreMarching For The Arctic, Marching For Our Climate
On the 100th day of the Trump administration, millions of people across the planet joined forces at the People’s Climate March to show the world and its leaders our unity on the need to find solutions to the climate crisis.
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