Trump transition limits EPA participation in Alaska environmental conference

Participants at the Alaska Forum on the Environment in downtown Anchorage on Feb. 9, 2017. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
Trump transition officials ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to limit its participation in an Alaska environmental conference this week.
The Alaska Forum on the Environment gathers more than a thousand people in downtown Anchorage each year to discuss topics ranging from rural drinking water and sanitation to climate change. Thirty-four E