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Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal
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Nathaniel Herz is an Anchorage-based journalist and the author of Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here.

Can jet-setting ski racers be climate activists? Anchorage athlete leans into ‘imperfect advocacy.’

Climate change poses an existential threat to cross-country skiing. But it's hard to talk about for some top athletes, who fear being accused of hypocrisy because of their travel-intensive lifestyles.

Alaska lawmaker’s bid to revive stalled green energy policy defines coal as ‘clean’

Sutton Republican Rep. George Rauscher says he wants to encourage innovation without leaving fossil fuels behind. But one critic is blasting his new bill as a “jumbled mess.”

Green energy advocates say Anchorage electric utility is ‘freezing out’ its efforts to draft a gas-saving price structure

This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. A green power advocacy group says Anchorage’s electric utility is thwarting its...

Political pressure builds as state-led Alaska LNG project goes another year without a deal

This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. Political pressure is building on Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s...

Alaska senator vows to kill renewables bill as energy debate heats up in Juneau

Boosters say the legislation would give clear guidance to the state’s electric utilities to start shifting to wind and solar power amid a shortage of the locally produced natural gas that currently powers their plants. 

Tribes say Biden administration failed to consult on grant to graphite mine

Several leaders from the tribal governments have previously voiced concerns about the proposed graphite mine, which would sit next to an estuary that supports salmon and other species that residents of the region depend on for subsistence.

Monthly premiums for health insurance on the federal marketplace will rise 16% in Alaska next year

The year-to-year increase in Alaska’s individual market is among the highest in the nation, in a state that already has some of the nation’s steepest health care costs.

With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for executive action

This article was republished from Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here. Amid catastrophic shortfalls in salmon harvests in some of Alaska’s rural, Indigenous communities,...

A new rush arrives on the Seward Peninsula: for graphite, not gold

This article is republished from Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here. SEWARD PENINSULA — Ducks and swans flew overhead as Sylvester Ayek, 82,...

Alaska Watches, Nervously, as Ukraine War Pushes More Russian Oil Through Bering Strait

Nathaniel Herz welcomes tips at natherz@gmail.com or (907) 793-0312. This article was originally published in Northern Journal, a newsletter from Herz. Subscribe at this link. The war in Ukraine appears to...

LNG Imports Likely Coming to Anchorage. Advocates Say Policy Changes Can Forestall Them.

This article was originally published by Northern Journal and is republished here with permission. You can subscribe to Northern Journal here. If you pay for...

Gleason Hands Alaska and AIDEA an Arctic Refuge Defeat

This story was originally published in the Northern Journal, and was republished here with permission. To subscribe to the Northern Journal, go here. A federal...

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