Alaska Nonprofit Sues Department of the Navy over Canceled Grant

Launch Alaska sues Trump Administration for canceling $5 million grant

Launch Alaska, a nonprofit known for supporting climate and energy-focused startups, has filed a lawsuit against the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research, claiming the Trump Administration unlawfully terminated a $5 million federal grant. In a complaint filed in US District Court in Anchorage, the organization’s lawyer John R. Crone alleges that the Office of […] The post Launch Alaska sues Trump Administration for canceling $5 million grant appea…

Floods are swallowing their village. The EPA has cut their lifeline. • Louisiana Illuminator

In the Alaskan village of Kipnuk, 4 miles from the Bering Sea, erosion is rapidly eating away the banks of the Kugkaktlik River. The tribal village was awarded a $20 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant — money that it intended to use for erosion control. But that grant was canceled in May. (Photo courtesy of the Native Village of Kipnuk)Acre by acre, the village of Kipnuk is falling into the river. The small Alaskan tribal village…

Alaska nonprofit sues Trump administration over canceled grant

Launch Alaska — which supports innovative startup companies and has a focus on energy, transportation and industrial technology — said in its lawsuit that the grant termination was arbitrary.

Alaska nonprofit sues Department of the Navy over canceled grant

Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline.

Acre by acre, the village of Kipnuk is falling into the river.The small Alaskan tribal village sits on permafrost, which is thawing fast as global temperatures rise. That’s left the banks of the Kugkaktlik River unstable — and more likely to collapse when floods hit, as they often do. Buildings, boardwalks, wind turbines and other critical infrastructure are at risk, according to Rayna Paul, the village’s environmental director.So when the villa…