Fermented ‘stink whale’ lands in Barrow, Alaska
The nation’s northernmost city got a burst of good news Tuesday during a slow season of spring whaling, when a
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Author: Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers investigating Arctic wetland ‘gravel stockpiling’
Believing the state of Alaska plans to stockpile gravel to build a controversial road through the Arctic wilderness — a
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Russia leads way in Bering Strait ship traffic
It’s a tale of two Arctic nations, written across the top of the globe, with one moving rapidly to develop
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Fact check: Breaking down BP investment in Alaska’s oil patch
Turns out the $1 billion that BP recently announced it will spend to boost oil drilling on Alaska’s North Slope
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Due date approaches for agreement on Alaska LNG project
The clock is ticking for Alaska’s major oil companies and a Canadian pipeline builder who committed to produce an agreement
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Is Alaska proposal for oil exploration in wildlife refuge legal?
A pair of East Coast congressmen hoping to slam shut the debate over opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to
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Listening sessions start process for Alaska-focused Arctic drilling rules
Looking for lessons in Shell’s disastrous campaign to drill offshore in the Arctic, the Interior Department on Thursday launched an
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Alaska lobbying group wants ANWR drilling
Secrecy remains the watchword for the state-funded lobbying group with the thankless task of trying to open the Arctic National
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Desperate to save school, Alaska students raise money
A student shortage led to the shutdown of four rural Alaska schools this year — the most in a decade
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Arctic Alaska community wants in on fishing program
An impoverished Northwest Alaska village is trying to elbow its way into a lucrative commercial fishing program that helps boost
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Conoco’s Arctic drilling program on hold
Not long after Royal Dutch Shell said it would “pause” its Arctic Ocean drilling program, ConocoPhillips Alaska announced early Wednesday
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Second Repsol spill in North Alaska
Spanish oil major Repsol reported its second North Slope spill in two winters, after a hose ruptured during a flow
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Alaska sprints to build up Arctic infrastructure as development looms
With Arctic riches beckoning as the ice cap crumbles, world and local leaders eyeing the risks and rewards of development
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Russian icebreaker hired to deliver emergency fuel to Alaska – highlights acute shortage of U.S. icebreakers
A Native corporation’s decision Monday to ask a Russian icebreaker to deliver an emergency shipment of fuel added an exclamation
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