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Alaskan Natives Speak Out After Obama Greenlights Oil Drilling Off Alaskan Coast

Colleen Swan, Christine Shearer, Conducive Chronicle. October 9, 2011.

"They have not begun to even comprehend the meaning of an oil spill in our already fragile environment."

Preserving the Future: Indigenous Women in the U.S. and Canada are Taking on Big Oil — and Winning

Catherine Traywick, Ms. Magazine. April 21, 2011.

Faith Gemmill is part of a growing network of indigenous women organizing against oil extraction on their land.

This Isn't Sarah Palin's Alaska

Nancy Lord, Other Words. December 6, 2010.

Lower-48 Americans may not be ready to think of their towns and cities under water; it's sometime in a future they can presently ignore. But that's not the case for Alaskans.

What Happened When I Decided to Live Out My Ultimate Escape Fantasy

Dick Anderson, Psychotherapy Networker. September 4, 2010.

At 56, the author decided to ditch his city life and go into the wild.

BP's Culture of Cost-Cutting Isn't Just in the Gulf: Danger Looms in Alaska Pipeline

Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. July 6, 2010.

Explosive allegations leveled by managers reveal that severe cost-cutting efforts could put the integrity of an 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System at risk.

Will the Obama Administration Allow Shell Oil to Do to Arctic Waters What BP Did to the Gulf?

Subhankar Banerjee, TomDispatch.com. May 26, 2010.

Bad as the Gulf may be, a damaged Arctic will take far more time to heal. Do we want to risk it?

How Alaska Should Help Fishermen and Women Survive the Latest Spill: A Letter to the Governor

Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. January 13, 2010.

There is an opportunity for this state to demonstrate that it will act fairly and responsibly to protect its residents from oil spill impacts when the law fails to do so.

No Future Act of 2010: Oil Industry Comes Up With Their Version of a Federal Energy Bill

Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. December 4, 2009.

Not surprisingly, the industry's bill requires expedited oil drilling everywhere -- Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain, fish-rich Bristol Bay, and on the Florida Gulf Coast and Panhandle.

Buying Sarah Palin's Book Will Help Save Wolves?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2009.

There's one good thing about it...

Sarah Palin's Top 10 Biggest Lies

Media Matters for America AlterNet: PoliticsNovember 16, 2009.

In anticipation of the release of her memoir, Going Rogue, Media Matters has compiled Palin's Top 10 falsehoods from before the book was published.

Global Warming Threatens Alaska's Waters With Acidification

Dan Joling, Christian Science Monitor. September 9, 2009.

Alaska's marine waters are turning acidic from absorption of greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters.

After a Year of Sarah Palin, Alaska Wonders, "What the Hell Were We Thinking?"

AKMuckraker, The Mudflats AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2009.

From the day she was nominated until the day she resigned, watching Sarah Palin was like watching a slow motion film clip of the Hindenburg.

Palinsanity - Obama Wants to Kill My Baby

Beta Tester, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. August 9, 2009.

Palin feeds the Republican disinformation machine with batshit crazy accusations towards the current health care proposal.

Sarah Palin Is Not Crazy, She's Calculating (And Still More Dangerous Than People Think)

Melissa McEwan, Comment Is Free AlterNet: PEEK. July 7, 2009.

Palin is cut from the same cloth as our former president, who was similarly ridiculed and rejected by conservative leaders early on.

Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue HuffPo Blogger Shannyn Moore for 'Defamation'; Moore Says 'Bring it On'

AKMuckraker, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 6, 2009.

Moore: 'The most powerful person in this state accused me of defaming her for pointing out the fact that there have been rumors of corruption.'

Sarah Palin's Latest Crazy Move: Are Republicans a Danger to the Republic?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. July 6, 2009.

Remember, this is the woman Republicans wanted to put a heart beat away from the Presidency. When did the GOP become so irresponsible?

GOP Civil War: Palin Supporters Attack Mitt Romney

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. May 5, 2009.

Some YouTube savvy Palin supporters didn't like Mitt's latest jab at the Alaskan governor.

Is Sarah Palin Violating Ethics Rules (Again)?

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. May 4, 2009.

Is is legal for Governor Palin to back the parental consent ballot initiative?

The Crisis Hasn't Hit Everywhere: 10 States Weathering the Economic Storm

Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor. April 27, 2009.

Not every state has been burned by the housing bust. And having oil and gas revenues doesn't hurt either.

Fans of Sarah Palin Now See Her as a 'Clownish, Vindictive Amateur'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. April 22, 2009.

When bloggers who *like* Sarah Palin start describing her as such it's a pretty bad sign for her career.

Alaska Lawmakers Reject Palin's Controversial Attorney General Pick

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. April 17, 2009.

The Alaska Legislature rejected Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) pick for state attorney general, Wayne Anthony Ross, by a vote of 35-23 yesterday.

Sarah Palin Suffers Massive Political Fallout from Her Latest Nutcase Nominee

Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast. April 14, 2009.

The governor is reeling after nominating for attorney general a man who allegedly defended the right of men to rape their wives.

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: On Its 20th Anniversary, We Can't Let Corporate Media Tell the Story

Meg White, BuzzFlash. March 23, 2009.

A lot of the media telling the story have spoken to Big Oil before talking to small town Alaska.

Sarah Palin Is Buried in Debt, May Need to Launch a Legal Fund

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. March 21, 2009.

Palin owes more than half a million dollars "to an Anchorage law firm that has defended her against ethics complaints ... "

Palin Changes Line of Succession, Pal Now in Line for Lt. Governorship

Lisa Derrick, La Figa AlterNet: PEEK. March 2, 2009.

Carrying on a long tradition of helping her friends, Alaska's Frost Lady has changed the line of state succession.