Blog: Drilling in Arctic Refuge to close deficit? Let’s be real.
The White House’s budget will be delivered to Congress today. Called “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” the 62-page document
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Author: Mia Bennett
Blog: The last few bipolar months of the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship are ending
Two years ago in Iqaluit, Canada’s “heart of the Arctic,” the U.S. took over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council,
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Blog: Obituary for an Arctic river
I haven’t been posting a lot lately, and that’s because I’ve had a hectic schedule over the past month with fieldwork
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Blog: Trump’s budget could cause infrastructure crisis for rural and native Alaskans
U.S. President Donald Trump released his proposed budget, and the reaction has been swift and scathing. Rural communities, healthcare, the environment,
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Blog: Why Republicans’ Russia-envy in the Arctic is misplaced
A flurry of headlines have recently declared that Russia is kicking its militarization efforts in the Arctic into high gear.
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Blog: Ceci n’est pas une pipe: The surrealism of Russia’s three new Arctic pipelines
On January 18, Russia’s state owned gas company, Gazprom, opened a new pipeline stretching from the frozen Bovanenkovskoye gas field
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Blog: Arctic 2016 in photos
In 2016, I traveled to far-flung parts of the Arctic I’d never before visited. I spent over two months of
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Blog: Tillerson’s hearing: Would U.S.-Russia partnership worsen Arctic climate?
At Senate confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, expected topics like Russia, nuclear
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Blog: Arctic oil – Russia pushes North as U.S. blocks Alaska leasing
While the U.S. Department of the Interior announced earlier this month that it would hold off on leasing areas in the Alaskan
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Blog: Five ways the Dakota access pipeline affects the Arctic
Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota have erupted this past week. For months, members of the Standing Rock
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Blog: Trump’s election a cold reality check for Arctic
Today, half of America woke up feeling overjoyed that finally, their voices had been heard. The other half felt sickened,
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Blog: China’s one belt, one road project, comes to the Arctic
I’ve just published a new article in the peer-reviewed journal Area Development and Policy called “The Silk Road goes north: Russia’s role within China’s
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Blog: Scotland’s First Minister – We’re closer to the Arctic than London
On Friday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered a speech in an unlikely venue: the Arctic Circle conferencein Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Blog: Russia’s Yamal Peninsula reveals the paradox of sustainable Arctic development
For the fourth year in a row, Arctic Circle, the world’s largest gathering on Arctic issues convened in Iceland’s capital.
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Blog: New article on rethinking Arctic resource frontier in polar geography
I’ve published a new peer-reviewed article in the journal Polar Geography called “Discursive, material, vertical, and extensive dimensions of post-Cold War Arctic
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