NATO to approve major military purchases for defence of Europe, Arctic & North Atlantic
NATO defence ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better
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Environmentalists criticize Trump administration push for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska
Top Trump administration officials – fresh off touring one of the country’s largest oil fields in the Alaska Arctic –
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U.S. Interior to scrap Arctic oil rule following Alaska outcry
Alaska’s congressional delegation applauded the U.S. Interior Department’s decision to roll back a 2024 rule that restricted oil and gas
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Trump officials to travel to Arctic Alaska to explore state’s resource potential
Three high-level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, to make good on a day one promise from the
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US invites Asian officials to Alaska, eyes $44 billion LNG project
The U.S. has invited officials from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to Alaska to discuss projects including a vast gas
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Blog: Trump’s cuts threaten US polar science after decades of data collection
With the Trump administration sabotaging scientific knowledge gathered over half a century, US polar scientists are urgently trying to build
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Senators, including Alaska’s, sound alarm on cuts impacting Indigenous health care agency
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is among a bipartisan group of senators is demanding that the federal government stop staffing
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women awareness week observed in the U.S.
This week marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Week across the U.S., and on Wednesday, Senator Brian Schatz
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U.S. House panel quietly advances Arctic drilling and other Alaska oil developments
In an unusually quiet session, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee passed a bill to mandate new oil lease sales
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Gwich’in denounce U.S. Greenland rhetoric, call for Arctic cooperation
Gwich’in Council International, representing Gwich’in communities in the United States and Canada, expressed serious concern on Wednesday over ongoing U.S.
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Budget reconciliation bill clears a path for Alaska drilling, mining
Republicans in the U.S. House are trying to clear hurdles for Alaska oil drilling and mining with a budget reconciliation bill
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Trump has buoyed hopes for an Alaska gasline. Is it enough to get it built?
By Eric Stone Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has buoyed hopes for the 800-mile, $44 billion Alaska LNG pipeline
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U.S. regulator eyes Arctic shipping chokehold as key deadline approaches
With two weeks left for public comments, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is probing constraints on key global shipping routes—including
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Trump administration planning Alaska summit to discuss LNG pipeline, reports say
By Eric Stone The Trump administration’s National Energy Dominance Council is planning an Alaska summit with leaders from Japan and South
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High Arctic planning area included in latest U.S. offshore oil & gas lease plan
With energy security continuing to be a key issue in the U.S., the Trump administration is moving forward with plans
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