Alaska Indigenous Climate Change

Alaska lawmakers signal opposition to Denali name change

Alaskans say President Trump can change the name of Denali but can't make people call it Mount McKinley

King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.

Alaska Dispatch News · 3d

Alaska lawmakers signal opposition to Denali name change in resolution

The Alaska House voted 28-10 to adopt a resolution signaling their opposition to changing the name of North America’s tallest peak.

The Hill on MSN · 3d

Alaska House urges Trump to retain Denali name

Alaska House members passed a resolution Monday urging President Trump not to rename Mount Denali to Mount Mckinley. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that undid a 2015 order from former President Obama naming North America’s highest peak Mount Denali.

Alaska Public Media19h

How a warming climate is part of a shift in sled dog genetics

While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...

Medicine Buffalo9d

NOAA funds UB project to study climate adaptation in Alaska

“Climate change is accelerating more rapidly in the Arctic than ... In addition, scores of small, remote and ...

Mongabay on MSN3h

The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds

The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...

Kenosha News3d

Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight

Alaska's political leaders are cheering an executive order that aims to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the ...

Alaska Dispatch News5d

Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley

“Denali respects the Indigenous people that have been ... gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of his Alaska visit to highlight climate change. Trump said he issued the order to “restore ...

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