Details emerge about Obama’s Arctic trip
Public officials and residents alike, from Anchorage to the 400-person village of Kivalina on the northwest coast, are watching and
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Politics (USA)
Clinton tweets opposition to Arctic drilling
Hillary Clinton used Twitter on Tuesday to declare her opposition to Arctic offshore drilling, and her brief statement was applauded by
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White House video previews Obama’s Alaska visit
U.S. President Barack Obama will use his trip to Alaska later this month as the backdrop of a message to
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Distinct visions for Alaska port project
When Nome Mayor Denise Michels envisions the future of her city’s port, she sees some of the world’s largest cargo and cruise ships
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Clinton has ‘doubts’ about Obama’s Arctic drilling policies
In an interview with a New Hampshire television station, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expressed doubts about President Barack Obama’s decision
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Obama’s upcoming Alaska visit: Climate & the Arctic
WASHINGTON — The Aug. 31 conference that will bring President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and a slew of foreign ministers
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Alaska sentaor makes new push for crude exports, revenue sharing
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski launched a new effort Thursday to secure state revenues from offshore oil drilling and lift
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U.S. general says Alaska military cuts not final without Arctic plan
The general nominated to be the Army’s Chief of Staff suggested on Tuesday that the plan to cut 2,600 soldiers
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U.S judge rejects push to open ANWR
A novel strategy pushed by then-Gov. Sean Parnell and his natural resources head — now U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan —
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Blog: The Arctic is not just an earmark for Alaska says senator
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave a speech at the 6th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval
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Arctic Alaska meeting planned for Kerry, Lavrov and other officials
WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department officials are planning a “ministerial event” on Arctic policy later this summer in Alaska that could
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U.S. officials consider leasing icebreakers as budget reality sinks in
WASHINGTON — Congress isn’t going to write a billion-dollar check, or several, to fund Arctic icebreakers anytime soon, so the
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Amendment blocks ANWR wilderness plan
Alaska Congressman Don Young added an amendment to a bill this week that would block the feds from spending any
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Alaska: Fisheries board member cited for violating fishery closure
A member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries was cited by wildlife troopers in the commercial fishing hotbed of Dillingham last week
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Expert gives dark view of geopolitics in the Arctic
World leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, have talked of the Arctic as a zone of peace and co-operation. But continued
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