Alaska To Analyze New Hazards In Updated Statewide Threat Assessment

By Yereth Rosen

(Alaska Beacon) -- The independent federal agency that provides Alaska with utilities, infrastructure and economic support is considering a number of new environmental hazards as it updates its statewide threat assessment.

In 2019, the Denali Commission published a detailed listing of climate change-related threats to communities around the state. The document, written for the commission by experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the University of Alaska Fairbanks...