Trump to change name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
U.S. president to ‘restore the name of a great president … where it should be and where it belongs’ President
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New step to protect areas of Arctic Alaska as Trump’s oil agenda nears
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to put temporary measures in place to protect subsistence activities in Alaska’s
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Urgent need for better monitoring of sinking ground across the Arctic says study
Warming temperatures are causing the ground to sink across parts of the Arctic, and a new study is urging better
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No bids submitted for oil and gas lease sale in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said Wednesday that no bids were received for the oil and gas leases
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Inland caribou herds aren’t recovering, report says
By Rachel Cassandra The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing carbon to releasing it, which means it’s now
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Biden blocks drilling in Northern Bering Sea off Alaska
U.S. President Joe Biden announced a ban on oil and gas leasing in the Northern Bering Sea off Alaska, as
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‘I think he deserves it’: Trump suggests reverting Denali to Mount McKinley
President-elect Donald Trump is again threatening to revert the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley,
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A former park ranger’s new book documents decades of climate change in Arctic Alaska
The Arctic is one of the areas most visibly impacted by human-caused climate change, with some areas becoming almost unrecognizable
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Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling
By Becky Bohrer Gov. Mike Dunleavy pushes for ‘critical agency actions that would restore opportunity to Alaska’ Alaska Gov. Mike
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U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized fishing boat in Gulf of Alaska
By Mark Thiessen Crew of 15-metre Wind Walker sent mayday call early Sunday morning that vessel was capsizing The search
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U.S. Coast Guard searches for survivors after fishing boat capsizes off Alaska
Crew of 15-metre Wind Walker sent mayday call that vessel was overturning The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it’s searching
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Snowless Finns suffer ‘eco-grief’
The weather in Finland this autumn has been exceptional in many ways. While it was windy and rainy in Turku
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Main backer of proposed mineral exploration project near Haines, Alaska, pulls out
By Julien Greene An Alaska Native tribe and conservationists say they’ve notched a win over a mineral exploration project near
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Blog: A sharp right turn as the Arctic faces Trump 2.0
Much of the world is now bracing for yet another period of uncertainty and potential chaos in the wake of
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Harry S. Truman carrier strike group on exercise inside the Arctic Circle
The giant U.S. Navy carrier is currently sailing Vestfjorden near the Lofoten archipelago, training with the Norwegian Air Force. “It
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