Alaska Ambler Road project back in focus as company outlines vision for work ahead
From Scandinavia to Siberia to the North American Arctic, a push is underway to secure new supplies of minerals central
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Trump administration repealing protections for key swaths of Alaska petroleum reserve
The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas
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Crews working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?
By Becky Bohrer, Gene Johnson, Mark Thiessen More than 1,600 were displaced, many of them now adapting to different way of life
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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
Bt Becky Bohrer Winds and storm surge may have washed away thousands of unearthed artifacts A fragment of a mask
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Trump administration finalizes plan to open Alaska wildlife refuge to oil & gas drilling
By Becky Bohrer Decision paves way for future lease sales in coastal plain, an area considered sacred to Indigenous Gwich’in
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How the Arctic has been ‘pushed & triggered’ into climate extremes: paper
As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, a new scientific review outlines how events once considered rare — from
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Officials work to stabilize typhoon-damaged Alaska communities before winter freeze
The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong
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Net-Zero Framework for int’l shipping shelved for a year after U.S. led-pushback
After a week of high-stakes debate and U.S.-led opposition, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted on Friday for a one-year
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What we know about the devastating Alaska storm and the evacuation effort
1 person killed, 2 others missing, and hundreds being flown 800 kilometres to Anchorage after typhoon Hundreds of residents from
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North Alaska storms drive 1,500 from homes, 2 villages are decimated
By Becky Bohrer, Cedar Attanasio, Gene Johnson ‘It’s catastrophic in Kipnuk. Let’s not paint any other picture,’ said one state emergency official
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IMO set for landmark vote on shipping emissions as Washington threatens reprisals
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is meeting in London this week for what could be a turning point in global
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Indigenous villages in Alaska face ‘absolute devastation’ after Typhoon Halong
Republican senator says Trump administration needs to take climate change effects on Alaska more seriously One person is dead and
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Arctic seals, bird species in trouble on latest list of threatened species
Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the
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Alaska policymakers back Trump’s move to restart northern mining project
Alaska policymakers are welcoming President Donald Trump’s re-approval an industrial road linking the state’s highway system to the mineral-rich Ambler
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Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of
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