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    Articles by Kevin Gullufsen
    The Holland America Line ship Amsterdam sits at port in Juneau on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. The Amsterdam is one of nine ships that have received Notice of Violations for air opacity issued by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Alaska negotiating settlements with cruise companies over air,...
    By Kevin Gullufsen • November 7, 2018 10:00 am

    Closed-door meetings decide how much cruises will pay for summer violations.

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    Chum salmon are loaded into a tote at Alaska Glacier Seafoods in this Juneau Empire file photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Lawmakers speak against salmon prop
    By Kevin Gullufsen • October 17, 2018 10:00 am

    Alaska’s congressional delegation spoke up about state politics on Saturday, urging Alaskans to vote against a controversial salmon habitat protection…

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    In this file photo from 2015, a protester stands next to rubber boots on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol during a rally to bring attention to the long-term protection of transboundary waters, principally the Taku, Stikine and Unuk watersheds. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Alaska’s congressional delegation pens another transboundary letter
    By Kevin Gullufsen • October 17, 2018 10:00 am

    It urges the State Department to protect Alaska’s watersheds.

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    The wall of the Red Chris tailings pond is a little less than 350 feet, or about the height of a 35-story building. It follows the same design as the Mount Polley tailings dam, which broke in 2014, sending 24 million cubic meters of toxic mine tailings into the Fraser River watershed. It is designed, however, to hold 305 million cubic meters of mine waste — seven times more than Mount Polley. Both mines are owned by Imperial Metals. (Courtesy Photo | Garth Lenz via Salmon State)
    Transboundary mine faces $200-million cash crunch
    By Kevin Gullufsen • September 19, 2018 10:00 am

    With a strike, falling copper prices and more than $554-million ($723 million Canadian) soon due to lenders, Canadian mine owner…

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    The Holland America Line ship Amsterdam sits at port in Juneau on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. The Amsterdam is one of eight ships that have received Notice of Violations for air opacity issued by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Air violations issued to eight cruise ships
    By Kevin Gullufsen • September 12, 2018 6:20 pm

    It’s the highest number of violations handed out in all but four years.

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Juneau Empire file photo</span>                                Cruise ships dock in downtown Juneau in May 2015.
    Measles found on Alaska cruise ship
    By Kevin Gullufsen • August 22, 2018 4:52 pm

    A teenager visiting Alaska on a cruise ship last week had the measles, health officials say, prompting concern that passengers…

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo courtesy Eric Adam</span>                                Emissions from cruise ships cloud up the Gastineau Channel on July 5.
    As blue haze rises, so do cruise ship...
    By Kevin Gullufsen • July 6, 2018 8:13 pm

    Complaints over cruise ship emissions are rising, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation, partly due to excessive blue haze…

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    The Alaska State Capitol is seen Saturday, May 12, 2018. (James Brooks
    Alaska lawmakers call for alliance with other states...
    By Kevin Gullufsen • May 31, 2018 12:16 pm

    A group of Alaska lawmakers wants to team up with Montana and other U.S.-Canada border states in a push to…

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    In this undated photo, a bald eagle feeds on a salmon carcass in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve outside Haines. (Cheryl McRoberts/American Bald Eagle Foundation via AP)
    Native village, conservation groups sue BLM over mine...
    By Kevin Gullufsen • December 7, 2017 11:49 am

    The tribal government of Klukwan filed a lawsuit Monday against the Bureau of Land Management, accusing it of failing to…

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