ConocoPhillips details Alaska gas leak cause, remedies at hearing
ConocoPhillips, which last week received U.S. government approval for the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, detailed reasons for a natural
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Environment (USA)
As coastal erosion pulls rural Alaska communities into the sea, new research seeks solutions
For years, coastal Alaska communities, a majority of them Alaska Native villages, have contended with erosion, eating away at the
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Alaska law officer killed in muskox attack outside his house
A court services officer with the Alaska State Troopers died Tuesday after being attacked by a muskox outside his home near Nome,
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Utqiagvik in Arctic Alaska reaches record high 40˚F in December
This time of year Billy Adams would expect to see sea ice lining Utqiagvik’s Chukchi Sea shoreline. But right now,
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Alaska villages facing erosion, flooding receive relocation grants
Two Alaska villages facing serious erosion are two of three recipients to receive relocation grants from the U.S. Department of
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December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic
By Seth Borenstein · The Associated Press ‘Record-setting weather like we’re seeing … does tell a real story of climate heating’ Much
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Alaska firefighters help rescue a moose trapped in a home
By Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press Animal was apparently eating vegetation near basement window well and fell through the glass Firefighters
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Blog: COP27—‘loss & damage’ is on the agenda, but where do Arctic communities fall?
Discussions of compensating Arctic communities for loss and damage are not on the table at COP27, whose focus is on
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Alaska sees third La Niña winter forecast in a row
What is winter anyway? For a lot of Alaskans, it’s a season that’s not entirely defined by a specific period
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Alaska’s Bering snow crab, king crab seasons cancelled
Decision follows smallest snow crab harvest in over 40 years in 2021 Alaska officials have cancelled the fall Bristol Bay
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Alaska governor urges readiness ahead of storm
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy urged residents along a huge swath of rural western Alaska on Wednesday to prepare for what
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Damage assessments begin in flooded remote Alaska villages
Authorities in Alaska were making contact Monday with some of the most remote villages in the United States to determine
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Flood waters receding after storm batters western Alaska
Floodwaters were receding in parts of western Alaska battered by the worst storm in a half century, leaving behind debris
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Arctic warming four times faster than thought, says study
Although it’s well known that climate change is having dramatic impacts on the North compared to elsewhere in the world,
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Keep Yukon ore out of Haines, Alaska, conservationists say
Haines’ Lutak Dock is undergoing a redevelopment plan Residents and conservationists in Haines, Alaska, are railing against the idea of
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