Trump policy improperly denied protection to walruses, U.S. court rules
Thursday’s ruling ‘gives the Pacific walrus a fighting chance,’ says Center for Biological Diversity attorney A U.S. federal appeals court
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Environment (USA)
Biden administration throws support behind massive Willow oil project in NPR-A
The Biden administration has reversed course and is now defending a decision to allow the Willow project, a major oil
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Climate change is worsening water scarcity in rural Alaska says study
Climate change is worsening water scarcity in rural Alaska and a host of new strategies is needed to help address
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Blog – Can we make peace with nature in a rapidly changing Arctic?
The United Nations Environment Programme is calling for bold action to “make peace with nature” by cutting greenhouse gases and
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Earth’s ice melt has sped up dramatically in past 30 years
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change
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Biden signals plans to halt oil activity in Arctic refuge
U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Alaska waits for guidance on presidential order President Joe Biden on Wednesday signalled plans
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Groups seek to block lease plans for Alaska wildlife refuge
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Indigenous and conservation groups asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from issuing
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November ranks 2nd hottest on record for the Arctic and globe
November 2020 ranked second hottest on record, overtaking November 2019 for the No. 2 spot, according to scientists at the
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Alaska group sues to block wolf trapping season on island
An Alaska conservation group filed a lawsuit to stop the state from reopening wolf trapping season on Prince of Wales
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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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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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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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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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