Alaska
Visually impaired struggle to navigate unplowed sidewalks
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage’s deep snow is making it powerful to get round, not solely on the snowy streets but in addition on the sidewalks — lots of which stay lined. That’s notably true for people who find themselves blind like Zachary James.
On Tuesday, James and his information canine Main Normal had been by accident let loose at a bus cease that was a lot additional than their vacation spot, the Alaska Middle for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Spenard. An Anchorage Every day Information photographer snapped an image of James and Main struggling via deep snow on the unplowed sidewalks alongside West Benson Boulevard.
“It was knee-deep to waist-deep snow the place the sidewalk ought to have been,” James stated. “We simply needed to undergo it. I didn’t know what else to do.”
The picture prompted some considerations from the general public, in line with the middle’s Govt Director, CB Brady.
“The image you noticed of Zachary struggling via that snow was great in a horrible method, as a result of we undergo that every single day, every single day,” Brady stated. “It’s so exhausting to get to a bus cease, and it shouldn’t be.”
Brady stated he understands that roads are a precedence for clearing snow, however he added that sidewalks shouldn’t be forgotten. He thinks the state and town ought to do a greater job of conserving sidewalks clear.
Each town and state say they’re persevering with to plow sidewalks, however roads take precedence.
Division of Transportation and Public Amenities Administrative Operations Supervisor Justin Shelby stated the state has two operators per shift for sidewalk snowblowers, that are at present working within the Boniface and Dimond areas. He stated in some areas of city they nonetheless should haul snow away earlier than sidewalk clearing can start, which may occur as early as this weekend.
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Alaska
Alaska Oil, Gas Rule Draws Lawsuit Alleging Agency Overreach (1)
An organization of communities in Alaska’s far north sued the Bureau of Land Management Friday over a rule they said “turns a petroleum reserve into millions of acres of de facto wilderness.”
The lawsuit appears to be one of the first to be filed under the Administrative Procedure Act in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision dismantling the Chevron doctrine.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat alleges that BLM’s “NPR-A Rule” forbids oil and gas development in 10.6 million acres of Alaska, and effectively ends any further leasing and development in an additional 13.1 million acres.
The rule is “directly contrary” to Congress’s purpose in creating the Natural Petroleum Reserve in Alaska—to further oil and gas exploration and development, Voice said in its complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Alaska. BLM “disingenuously” claims that the rule “speaks for Alaska Natives,” the group said.
The rule violates several federal laws, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. It is therefore arbitrary and capricious under the APA, the complaint says.
Voice is represented by Ashburn & Mason P.C.
The case is Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat v. Bureau of Land Mgmt., D. Alaska, No. 24-136, complaint filed 6/28/24.
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Interior Rejects Alaska Mine Road, Protects 28 Million Acres
The Interior Department on Friday moved to prevent mining across Alaska by blocking a road to the copper-rich Ambler Mining District and protecting 28 million acres of federal land statewide from minerals development.
Ambler Road, a proposed 211-mile mining road across Alaska’s Brooks Range, was formally rejected by the Bureau of Land Management, setting up an expected legal clash with the state.
The Interior Department also took a step toward blocking mining and other development on 28 million acres of federal land known as “D-1″ lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Bureau of Land Management on Friday …
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