Pentagon: Climate change is national security risk
The U.S. Department of Defense has released a “Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap”, detailing plans to combat both “immediate” and future national security
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Politics (USA)
How Should U.S. Lead in the Arctic?
Arctic experts and policymakers gathered at a Washington, D.C. think-tank today to focus on how the U.S. might wield its
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U.S. icebreaker fleet will need makeover by about 2020, Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of two operating Arctic-class icebreakers will be sufficient — if barely so — for about
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Bill aims to create Arctic port on Bering Sea coast
A U.S. House subcommittee considered a bill Wednesday aimed at creating a deepwater dock at Point Spencer, a narrow curlicue
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Gasline partners take steps toward permitting, marketing of project in Alaska
The partnership to build a natural gas megaproject has initiated the environmental review process. BP, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Transcanada and the
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U.S. House passes bill to allow sale of feathery art
The U.S. House passed a bill Monday to allow Alaska Natives to sell handicrafts that include the feathers of migratory
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UAF researchers brief NATO delegates on Arctic challenges
About 20 elected officials from 14 NATO countries received a wide-ranging update on Arctic issues and challenges Thursday from University
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Papp draws on long U.S. Coast Guard experience to guide Arctic policies
For former U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, newly appointed as the government’s top Arctic envoy, leading American circumpolar policy
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New U.S. Arctic emissary gets plenty of ideas from Alaskans for Arctic Council priorities
The newly appointed U.S. special Arctic representative, former Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, has issued a call for ideas about
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Blog: Hearing on U.S. Policy in the Arctic – ‘Let Russia do it for us…’?
There was so much going on at the Inuit Circumpolar Conference last week, I almost missed THIS VIDEO from the
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Blog: USA steps up Arctic game with appointment of Papp as special representative
Since 2006, eleven different states have appointed Arctic Ambassadors/Envoys, and last week the United States became the twelfth, with Secretary
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Former Coast Guard chief to be U.S. Arctic representative
A former U.S. Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Robert Papp, will be the Obama administration’s special representative for the Arctic, while
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Alaska Lt. Gov. urges US to check Putin in Arctic; Sullivan spotlights ‘pro-Putin rally’
In a recent presentation in Washington, D.C., Mead Treadwell, Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor of Alaska spoke of the need to stay
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U.S. Senate bill includes $6 million for new icebreaker
A bill moving through the U.S. Senate has $6 million for a new Coast Guard icebreaker. That would make three
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Missile defense budget shows continued Alaska role
The ground-based missile defense system, which includes interceptors at Fort Greeley, failed at target practice over the Pacific last year.
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