Alaska village turns to biomass heating for cheaper energy
Kake wants to build a biomass district heating system to warm its public buildings An Alaska island village plans to
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Blog – Arctic policy after the U.S. Election, damage control ahead?
To say that United States foreign policy has experienced major upheavals, many of which have caused far more harm than
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Inuit org says term “local communities” undermines Indigenous rights on international stage
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) says the use of the term “local communities” by UN member states, as well international
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After early containment success, there’s now rapid COVID-19 spread in rural Alaska, including the Arctic
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many rural communities acted quickly to impose strict quarantine measures in order to
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Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project
With wildfires intensifying around the North, an Arctic Council project is underway to better coordinate response among circumpolar countries as
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Trump to approve $22B railway between Alaska and Alberta
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will grant approval to a $22-billion freight rail project connecting Alaska and Alberta. The
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Mine in Arctic Alaska tightens protocols after COVID-19 cases
Several cases of COVID-19 have been reported since the beginning of September at the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska,
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NATO’s new Atlantic command to keep watch over the European Arctic
NATO’s new U.S.-based Atlantic Command was declared operational in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, underlying the alliance’s
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Experts warn of potentially ‘deadly’ great power games in the Arctic
The joint U.S., U.K., Norwegian and Danish exercise off Russia’s coast in the Barents Sea is the latest example of
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Blog – To stop coronavirus, Arctic communities took matters into their own hands. Can it last?
Across the Arctic each summer, thousands of tourists and scientists descend upon the region’s villages, research stations, and glaciers. This
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Bering Sea ice at lowest extent in at least 5,500 years, study says
There is less sea ice in the Bering Sea now than at any time in at least 5,500 years. That’s
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Indigenous communities in Alaska harder hit by COVID-19
Alaska state health data indicate Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives are more likely to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized with the illness.
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Canadian Gwich’in leaders and conservationists suing U.S. over leasing program for Arctic wildlife refuge
A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20 million acres of sacred, traditional land in Alaska, along with 12 other
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Trump Administration approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska Wildlife refuge
The Trump administration on Monday took another step to opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling for oil and
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Arctic summer sea ice could be gone by 2035, new study forecasts
The Arctic could be completely ice-free in summers by 2035, according to a new study that compared present-day conditions with
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