Alaska senator says Navy has explaining to do
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski says the Navy is again snubbing the concerns of Alaskans as it prepares for the next
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Politics (USA)
Papp hopes next president will carry on U.S. Arctic policies
A year ago, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to travel above the Arctic Circle. The president’s
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After hiatus, Alaska returns to Northern Forum
On the world stage, relations between the United States and Russia are tense and chilly, thanks to disputes over Ukraine,
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Tribes in Alaska can now take lands into trust
Tribes in Alaska can move forward with petitioning the federal government to take lands into trust. A federal appeals court
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Alaska politicians may block Tongass National Forest plan
The Forest Service has a plan for the Tongass National Forest that would shift loggers away from the harvest of
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U.S. Attorney General announces new focus on Alaska Native issues
The U.S. Department of Justice is rolling out a new focus on Alaska Native issues. In Anchorage last week to discuss
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Now trending in DC: Arctic issues
WASHINGTON — With Alaska’s Arctic attracting increasing attention from policymakers and political wonks in Washington, D.C., Alaska lawmakers hope to turn that attention into
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Trump energy plan calls for more drilling, fewer environmental protections
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pledged Thursday to push aggressively for more oil drilling if he becomes president, including on federal
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U.S. Congress takes big step toward new $1 billion Arctic icebreaker
WASHINGTON — Alaska moved significantly closer to seeing a new Arctic icebreaker Tuesday as a Senate appropriations subcommittee added $1 billion
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Blog: At White House, U.S. and Nordic leaders talk shop on the Arctic
Last Friday, over a state dinner of cured salmon, salt-cured ahi tuna, and venison tartar with truffle vinaigrette, President Barack
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The US-led Arctic Council: Still trying to get Americans to care about Arctic
When the United States took over chairmanship of the eight-nation Arctic Council a year ago, officials articulated some lofty goals under a
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With Shell gone from Arctic, US official fears fading attention to region
Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to pull the plug on its offshore oil exploration program in Alaska’s Arctic waters could have
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Arctic remains refuge of friendly US-Russia relations
In 1987, in the glow of glasnost, then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev detailed his vision of an Arctic that would be a
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Arctic Council uses Fairbanks meeting to think about the future
Midway through the U.S. chairmanship of the eight-nation Arctic Council, the group is taking time to look at the long-term
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Critics call feds’ new ‘mitigation’ a coerced fee
The concept of “mitigation” comes up a lot in stories about development in Alaska. Typically, it’s compensation a company has
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