New Obama plan eyes further Arctic protections
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration released its proposed five-year offshore drilling plan for federal waters Tuesday, leaning toward allowing three lease
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Politics (USA)
How many observers can Arctic Council handle?
For much of the world, the Arctic used to be overlooked territory, dismissed as an icy and remote wasteland. If
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Ice-Blog: Trudeau and Obama’s Arctic endeavours
Sometimes there are pleasant surprises to end the week. An announcement by the U.S. and Canadian leaders that they are
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Obama, Trudeau announce plans to fight Arctic oil and gas pollution; Alaskans criticize lack of input
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a joint plan to cut methane emissions from
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Discussions underway on who can claim Arctic seabed
Quietly flying under the news radar is an extremely important international meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York
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Tribes say concern over Alaska Native corporation is intense as meeting nears
BETHEL — Conflict between local Yukon-Kuskokwim tribes and the region’s leading Alaska Native non-profit corporation may come to a head
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Cruz wins Alaska Republican vote, with Trump a close second
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won Alaska’s Republican “Super Tuesday” contest, edging out New York billionaire Donald Trump with 40 districts
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Meet President Obama’s point man for Alaska
WASHINGTON — Alaska leaders have been making use of a new Washington connection lately: the man in charge of President Barack Obama’s
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Alaska aims to reshape state’s relationship with oil
After months of public debate, lawmakers will gavel in on Tuesday in Juneau to begin fashioning a solution to the state’s budget
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U.S. Coast Guard inches towards new icebreaker
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard inched closer last week to acquiring a new heavy-duty icebreaker for the Arctic. Admiral Paul
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Arctic, Alaska absent from Obama’s State of the Union
In his final State of the Union address President Obama never mentioned Alaska or the Arctic, but for a state that’s
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Alaska fought for policy rider on GMO salmon
A bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress would require the FDA to produce labeling guidelines before it allows the sale
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Alaska Natives head to White House tribal conference
WASHINGTON — Leaders from 44 Alaska Native tribes will be in Washington, D.C., Thursday to attend the seventh White House
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Alaska to buy out TransCanada
The Alaska State Senate voted 16 to 3 on Tuesday, Nov. 3 to buy out TransCanada and take a larger stake
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Alaska exit plan for TransCanada?
As the legislature closes out the first week of its special session on the Alaska LNG gas line project, there’s
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