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Oil, Obama & drilling: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 17:34 — Last Updated: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 17:41
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“The Arctic is changing in ways we were not able to anticipate,” said Jim Overland, a research oceanographer, in a story this week about Arctic Science Summit Week being held in Fairbanks, Alaska. (iStock)

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this past week:

-Norway’s northernmost oil platform starts pumping after years of delay

-Arctic Science Summit Week took place in Fairbanks, Alaska last week where scientists discussed this year’s winter warmth and how it is even taking scientists by surpise

-A Russian indigenous organization that works to promote the rights of northern indigenous peoples is declared a ‘foreign agent’ by the Russian Ministry of Justice

-Reactions are mixed as the Obama administration releases its five-year offshore drilling plan

-Construction restarts on a long-planned road between Russia and Norway

That’s all from us for now. We’ll be back next week with your top stories and newsmakers from across the North.

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Alaska, climate, energy, indigenous, Infrastructure, oil, Russia

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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