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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5 projects vie for $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize
Five projects from across the North have been named finalists for a $1-million investment through the 2025 Arctic Inspiration Prize.
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Trump administration says Alaska gas line investment could ward off tariffs
If countries want to keep the Trump administration from imposing tariffs on their exports to the United States, Treasury Secretary
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‘Can’t imagine Alaska without Canada’: Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty
America’s 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Republican
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Arctic Ocean current could be at risk, research warns of global ripple effects
New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the consequences
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