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

Jan. 22, 2025 01:02 AM EST

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump's expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel development as critical to Alaska's economic future and criticized by environmental...

15 wolves from Canada released into Colorado under voter-approved initiative

Jan. 20, 2025 19:28 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A second group of wolves has been released in Colorado as part of a controversial, voter-driven initiative to reintroduce the predators to the state. Fifteen gray wolves from Canada were set free in the central mountains over three days last week, but state wildlife...

Colorado wolf died from a gunshot, spurring a federal investigation

Jan. 02, 2025 20:18 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A gray wolf in Colorado was illegally shot and later died of the injury, federal authorities said Thursday in the latest flashpoint of Colorado's controversial, voter-driven initiative to reintroduce the predators to the state. Colorado residents largely in cities...