Conservation

Let’s Win This One for the Gipper

 |  Aug 28, 2005

I was heartened by a report in Wednesday’s Toronto Globe and Mail that Canada’s Prime Minister Paul Martin won’t sit idly by and wait for the U.S. Congress to pass … Read more

It’s About…Well, Everything

 |  Aug 26, 2005

I’ve always believed there’s no such thing as just an “environmental” issue – if it’s about protecting the environment, chances are, it’s also about protecting someone’s health, way of life, … Read more

What is Your Vision of Wilderness?

 |  Aug 24, 2005

A guest post by Jeff Jones, landscape photographer I spent part of July 2005 photographing the oil fields in and around Prudhoe Bay as well as the beautiful coastal plain … Read more

Camping with Congressman

 |  Aug 23, 2005

I’ve been fortunate enough to visit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on several occasions, the first of which was a trip with several members of Congress in 1998. To their … Read more

A Note to the ‘Gullible’

 |  Aug 19, 2005

The good news: we made the Anchorage Times — in a lead editorial, no less! The bad news: the editors called us — you — “gullible.” That’s fine. It takes … Read more

Poor-k Excuse

 |  Aug 19, 2005

When you work “inside the beltway,” as I do, politicians and their staff members sometimes tell you things they wouldn’t dare say to their constituents or the media. Mainly I … Read more

Guest Writer: “Most Treasured Place”

 |  Aug 18, 2005

A guest post by Robert Stagman, M.D., of Mercer Island, Wash. My wife, Gail and I rafted and hiked through the Arctic Refuge on the Kongakut River for 10 days … Read more

$67 a Barrel

 |  Aug 13, 2005

The price of oil peaked at a record $67 a barrel yesterday. That’s bad news for all of us. High gas prices hurt American families. But drilling for oil in … Read more

Why I’ll Be in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20

 |  Aug 8, 2005

I’ve never been to the Arctic National Willdlife Refuge–but I have been to Alaska. It’s an absolutely amazing place, full of stark snow-capped mountains, dark blue water teeming with wildlife, … Read more

Moonshot

 |  Aug 5, 2005

People my age will remember the day a young, charismatic President challenged the nation to put a man on the moon before the decade’s end. Despite the odds, America rose … Read more