Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Kavitha George worked at Alaska Public Media from 2021 to 2024. Her coverage areas included statewide politics and climate change.
Alaska lawmakers eye bills on neighborhood solar, green bank and renewable energy benchmarks
There are at least three bills to watch this coming legislative session that are aimed at growing Alaska’s renewable energy production.
Anchorage Museum exhibit explores climate change through resilience and care
“How to Survive” uses works from Alaska and beyond to highlight how investing in community and caring can be forms of climate mitigation.
Anchorage used to have an active climate action plan. What happened to it?
Under Mayor Dave Bronson, the city missed its 2023 annual report, and a link to the plan has been removed from the city website.
A network of Arctic observers is centering Indigenous knowledge in climate research
Research from the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub was recently featured in NOAA’s 2023 Arctic Report Card.
‘The time for action is now’: NOAA’s Arctic Report Card paints a dire picture of climate change
The 18th annual Arctic Report centered Indigenous knowledge from Alaska, including the ways climate change is reshaping coastal communities.
Alaska Native leaders attend COP28 with a focus on local impacts of climate change
ANTHC's Jackie Schaeffer and Iñupiat filmmaker Kelly Moneymaker said they'd like to see more Indigenous representation in climate talks.
Alaska Airlines is pitching an ‘eco-friendly’ alternative to the mileage run this year. How green is it?
The airline is offering customers elite-qualifying miles when they spend money on “sustainable aviation fuel” for Alaska’s fleet.
As climate change raises landslide risk, Southeast communities look for solutions
After a deadly 2015 landslide, Sitka developed a new warning system. Six more communities are developing their own versions.
Climate change will deliver more heavy precipitation events to Southcentral. Is Anchorage prepared?
Some neighborhoods waited more than a week to be plowed after recent snowstorms.
Cordova kelp farmers need to process their harvest. A scientist is piloting a solution.
Alysha Cypher with the Prince William Sound Science Center has a $400,000 EPA grant to use waste heat from the local electric co-op to dry Cordova seaweed.
Alaska Municipal League is helping rural communities qualify for climate change funds
Alaska communities have an opportunity to invest heavily in climate change mitigation at the local level, by targeting federal grants.
Alaska, do you have questions about climate change? We want to hear them.
We asked attendees at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention how often they think about climate change. Here’s what they said.
AFN convention centers subsistence amid a lawsuit to protect traditional hunting and fishing rights
Dozens of representatives across Alaska spoke at a forum to express concerns about subsistence food access and rights.
New study hints at huge price tag from permafrost thaw in Alaska
Scientists estimate that most near-surface permafrost will disappear by the end of this century.
A young leader fights for Yukon River salmon, her community – and herself
Four years into the Yukon River salmon collapse, Mackenzie Englishoe is one of many young people on the river grappling with the way climate change is transforming their communities and culture.
‘Too hot’ for salmon: How climate change is contributing to the Yukon salmon collapse
Researchers say climate change is playing a big role in the collapse, which has left thousands of people along the river without access to the salmon they depend on.
Four years into the Yukon salmon collapse, an Interior Alaska village wonders if it will ever fish again
Gwichyaa Zhee, also known as Fort Yukon, has always depended on salmon. But for the fourth year in a row, managers have severely restricted fishing, as the Yukon River king and chum salmon runs collapsed. Residents say the closures have been devastating to their way of life.
Hawaiian community in Alaska organizes relief for Maui fire victims
Tasha Kahele started making calls last week, and by the weekend, collected 60,000 pounds of items to donate.
Are you an Alaskan impacted by the Maui wildfires? We want to hear from you.
Alaska Public Media is looking to speak with Alaskans with ties to Hawaii for our coverage on the widespread impacts of the devastating fires.
On the Yukon, Alaska and Canada are bound together by salmon – and their collapse
A 20-year-old treaty keeps Alaska and Canada working together, even through the devastating king and chum salmon collapse.