Alaska Senate passes bill establishing an official state Arctic policy
The Alaska Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing an official state Arctic policy that, in large part, calls for more natural-resource
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Politics (USA)
Could Maine become the U.S.’s second ‘Arctic’ state?
Alaska, which contains within its boundaries the only U.S. territory north of — or even anywhere near — the Arctic
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U.S. Arctic rep: Russia’s Arctic buildup not necessarily martial
Robert Papp, the U.S. special representative for the Arctic, says he questions reports that Russia has launched a major military
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Murkowski, King seek to enlist other U.S. senators in an Arctic caucus
Coming soon to the U.S. Capitol is a new group of lawmakers: the Senate Arctic Caucus. As of Tuesday, the
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Alaska lawmakers frustrated after meeting with U.S. interior secretary
After President Barack Obama announced a plan to designate most of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, Alaska lawmakers
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Alaska passes Arctic policy bill
The Alaska House of Representatives has passed legislation outlining the state’s Arctic policy. The bill lays out the state’s values
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Big changes in Far North since US last chaired Arctic Council
When the United States last led the eight-nation Arctic Council, September sea ice still covered about 2.3 million square miles, Royal Dutch Shell had
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Alaska should seize Arctic opportunities, commission report says
With industry poised to invest billions of dollars in the rapidly thawing and increasingly accessible and resource-rich Arctic, Alaska now has
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Alaska administration wants better relationship with tribal governments
JUNEAU — The Walker administration intends to open a new era of relations between tribal and other governments that will
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Alaska senator swings at Obama Arctic wildness plan but misses
Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday failed to land her first counterpunch at the Obama administration’s new Arctic conservation policies.
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Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve
Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and
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Obama issues executive order to better coordinate Arctic policy
With the United States on the verge of leading the eight-nation Arctic Council and far-north climate warming continuing at twice the
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Analysis: Time to ramp up Arctic infrastructure in the U.S.
At long last, the United States government appears poised to seize – if at times, fitfully – it’s Arctic Destiny.
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As field season ends, gasline becomes focal point of Alaska gubernatorial race
How much money do you have to spend to get a handful of dirt? About half a billion, if you’re
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Alaska asks feds for transfer of 19,322 disputed acres in Arctic
When U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower inked the declaration under which the 49th state joined the union, no one thought
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