In the News
Media headlines quickly remind us how vulnerable we are to changes in our climate and weather patterns. Our global climate is changing, and the primary reasons are man’s exploitation of and damage to those very resources.
ACF mentioned as top-rated charity, NPR 12/17/2005
Conservation
- Alaska Conservation Community's Common Vision: 4 E's for Alaska, March 2008
- Scientists Find Rising Ocean Acid, 7/6/06
- Proposal Would Close Large Areas of Alaska's Sea Floor to Bottom Trawling, Anchorage Daily News, 4/6/2006
- Project to move ahead
Juneau Empire, 3/31/2006 - Army Corps of Engineers reissues tailings permit for Kensington
APRN-National Public Radio, 3/30/2006 - Road Development Policy Sparks Outcry
Anchorage Daily News, 3/23/2006 - ANWR Drilling Backers Set to Try Again
Anchorage Daily News, 3/16/2005 - Interior Secretary Norton Resigns Post
Reuters, 3/10/2006 - Stevens Outlines Pebble Stance,
Kenai Peninsula Online, 3/6/2006 - Stevens Pledges to Stall Pebble,
Anchorage Daily News, 03/04/2006
- Feds Approve State's Road, Bridge Priorities
Anchorage Daily News, 03/03/2006
Climate Change
- Panhandle Meltdown, Local Panel Reviews Effects of Climate Change
Juneau Empire, 4/9/2006 - Melting Ice Threatens Sea Level Rise,
AP, 3/24/2006 - Study: Alaska Feels Greater Impacts from Global Warming,
Kenai Peninsula Online, 3/8/2006 - Native Alaskans List Warming Impacts, MSNBC.com, 2/8/2006
- Alaska's Feeling the Heat; 2005 Declared 2nd Hottest Year, 12/15/2005 (Attached Chart)
While the federal and state governments, corporations, and our judicial system are often slow to make changes that benefit our environment, individuals can act now to begin the process. Learn more about ACF programs like global climate change, and a number of ways you can make a difference at home and in the world today.
2005 Stories
Conservation
- Stevens' Bid to Open ANWR Fails
Anchorage Daily News, 12/22/2005 - ANWR Maneuver Infuriates Senators
Anchorage Daily News, 12/15/2005 - Conservation groups sue to protect polar bears
Anchorage Daily News, 12/15/2005 - Wind Brings Power to the People of Rural Alaska
Anchorage Daily News, 11/14/2005 - ANWR Removal Splits House GOP
Anchorage Daily News, 11/11/2005 - Report: Laws Bar Drilling
Anchorage Daily News, 10/26/2005 - After Hurricanes, Bush Pushes Conservation
MSNBC, 9/28/2005 - President Urges Energy Conservation
USA Today, 9/28/2005 - Young Gets Heat Over Road Funds
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 9/28/2005 - Conservation Heroes Lauded
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 9/25/2005
Climate Change
- ACF and UAA Hold Rally, 11/28/2005
- Climate – South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com, 10/ 22/2005
- Arctic Ice Meltdown Continues Rapid Pace – Anchorage Daily News, 9/29/2005
- Tundra greener as Northern forests dry – Anchorage Daily News, 9/15/2005
- Big chill turning into a big thaw – Anchorage Daily News, 8/28/2005
- Experts say melting ice will shrink polar bear populations – Anchorage Daily News, 7/5/2005
- Senators say Alaska visit confirms climate change – Anchorage Daily News, 8/17/2005
- Permafrost is warming – Anchorage Daily News, 8/14/2005
