Summer Sagoonick Is Still Waiting
Summer Sagoonick filed her opening brief with the Alaska Supreme Court in June. The state's response isn't due yet. No hearing date has been set. Meanwhile, the 800-mile pipeline she's challenging—designed to triple Alaska's emissions for thirty years—moves at the speed of money and executive orders.
She's 22, Iñupiaq, from a village on thawing permafrost. The case argues Alaska can't mandate a fossil fuel project under a constitution requiring sustainable resource management. The appeal could take a year, maybe longer. The permafrost won't wait that long.
Summer Sagoonick Is Still Waiting
Summer Sagoonick filed her opening brief with the Alaska Supreme Court in June. The state's response isn't due yet. No hearing date has been set. Meanwhile, the 800-mile pipeline she's challenging—designed to triple Alaska's emissions for thirty years—moves at the speed of money and executive orders.
She's 22, Iñupiaq, from a village on thawing permafrost. The case argues Alaska can't mandate a fossil fuel project under a constitution requiring sustainable resource management. The appeal could take a year, maybe longer. The permafrost won't wait that long.
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CONTINUE READINGThis Week's System Shock
The North American Energy Reliability Council warned November 18 that extreme cold could strain the power grid this winter, particularly in New England and the Upper Midwest. The assessment doesn't predict widespread blackouts, but it does surface a question thousands of households are already wrestling with: Is this the year to buy a generator?
The actual risk isn't running out of electricity. Grid operators say they have adequate generating capacity. The vulnerability is transmission lines failing during ice storms, which caused 80% of major U.S. outages over the past two decades. New England faces additional exposure because the region burns natural gas for 70% of winter power but has constrained pipeline capacity. When temperatures dropped to 41°F earlier this month, gas prices nearly doubled in a week.
What Mainstream Coverage Misses
Research Reshaping Risk Calculations
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Research Reshaping Risk Calculations
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Research Reshaping Risk Calculations
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Research Reshaping Risk Calculations
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