AK's McGrath firefighting camp prepares for personnel cuts as wildfires rage | Worst GDP in nation

Alaska Dispatch

McGrath firefighting camp prepares for personnel cuts as wildfires rage across Alaska
  
Sixteen employees at the McGrath forward-operating base are being laid off July 1. The state defends the budget cuts as necessary, but Alaska forestry director Chris Maisch acknowledges that the situation is “not ideal.” 

Alaska News | Laurel Andrews
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For second year, Alaska's GDP worst in the nation
  
For the second year in a row, Alaska’s gross domestic product declined more than any other state's, the result of reduced North Slope oil production and much lower prices for crude. But a state economist warns that the GDP decline wouldn't necessarily translate into broader economic decline.

Economy | Pat Forgey
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150626/second-year-alaskas-gdp-worst-nation



More evidence of failure of oil-based economy. And how the enviroment & action on climate change are the losers in that economy.