In a series of major cost-cutting decisions, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. said it is finalizing new agreements with contractors that could shift hundreds of trans-Alaska pipeline jobs away from unions. Full Article at Anchorage Daily News
CURIOUS GEORGE: George Clooney at the premiere of 'Up in the Air' in Westwood, Calif. Full Article at Plenty
Tareq and Michaele Salahi insist they were invited to the White House and say they're "devastated" by criticism and their lives have been "destroyed" -- but they will be exonerated when the truth comes out. Here's an idea: If you're going to go on the " Full Article at Chicago Sun-Times
Gold mining is the most polluting industry in the world,” says Payal Sampat, co-director of the No Dirty Gold initiative at the Washington, DC, watchdog group Earthworks. Full Article at Men's Journal
the largest single jury verdict we've had in Clark County. I've called it the Exxon Valdez of Clark County.
how badly Exxon screwed over the people of Alaska in the Exxon Valdez incident, and how the cozy relationship between Alaska’s government and the oil industry worked against the interests of ordinary hardworking people
The myth about how [wind turbines] kill birds -- the percentage is vastly overstated ... More birds died in the Exxon Valdez crash than by any wind turbine that will ever be put up. I like to say that, because wind energy separates us from our dependence on oil.
We know that oil can be a slow and silent killer. Impacts from the Exxon Valdez disaster are still being seen 20 years later, so we can expect this environmental disaster will continue to unfold for years to come.