NEWS & PRESS
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Press Releases & Statements:
2024:
Kamala Harris’s Nomination Significant for Protecting Alaska’s Arctic, Says Alaska Wilderness League Action Statement by Kristen Miller, Executive Director (8/19/2024)
2018-2020:
Alaska Wilderness League Action Launches Ad Campaign Targeting Sen. Susan Collins Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (10/20/2020)
Democratic Platform Commits to Protecting the Arctic Refuge Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (8/20/2020)
V.P. pick Senator Kamala Harris strong on Arctic, Alaska protections Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (8/12/2020)
Groups Call on Congressional Candidates to Sign 2020 Arctic Refuge Pledge Group Statement (8/11/2020)
Environmental and Public Health Advocates Agree: Trump is the Worst President for our Environment in History Group Statement (2/4/2020)
Alaska Wilderness League Action Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Senator Cory Gardner Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (1/27/2020)
Rep. Huffman, Sen. Markey Push for Accountability, Protecting the Arctic and American Taxpayers Statement (11/1/2019)
Rep. Huffman Introduces Bills to Protect Pacific and Arctic Oceans from Offshore Drilling (Alaska Wilderness League Release, 1/8/2019)
Conservation and the Environment Emerge as Voter Priorities on Election Day Statement by Leah Donahey, Political Director (11/7/2018)
Orange County Candidates Pledge to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Statement by Leah Donahey, Political Director (9/20/2018)
Alaska Wilderness Action Calls on House Candidates to Pledge to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Statement by Leah Donahey, Political Director (9/19/2018)
News:
2024:
2020:
Collins shifts dramatically on climate change, accepts $290k from fossil fuel industry (Maine Beacon, 10/25/2020)
Senator Collins has turned her back on public lands (Maine Beacon, 10/23/2020)
Locked in tight race, GOP Senator Dan Sullivan caught in environmental scandal (The Intercept, 10/12/2020)
Trump, cheerleader in chief for drilling and fracking, proclaims himself ‘the great environmentalist’ (Yahoo News, 9/20/2020)
Texas oil and gas companies brace for drilling restrictions if Joe Biden wins (Houston Chronicle, 8/19/2020)
Pristine Wildlife Refuge in Alaska Approved for Oil and Gas Drilling (Courthouse News Service, 8/17/2020)
Greens press candidates on Arctic Refuge pledge (E&E News, 8/12/2020)
Please note: Alaska Wilderness League Action engages in legislative and political advocacy to protect Alaska’s wild places. Visit the website of our sister organization, Alaska Wilderness League, to learn more about that organization’s education and advocacy to protect Alaska.
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