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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Trump claims Alaska wildlife refuge road ‘almost completed’… but is it?

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:49 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:54
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President Trump on Tuesday asserted the controversial King Cove road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (southwestern Alaska) will be

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S. bill would give Alaska Native corporations share of ANWR oil revenue

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 09:51
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At the request of Alaska Congressman Don Young, a bill pending in the U.S. House would reduce Alaska’s share of

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Business Business (USA) General News USA 

US Gov preparing for oil exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 09:35 — Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 11:38
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The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday announced it is undertaking a series of construction projects to prepare for oil exploration

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

US Senate moves closer to vote on ANWR drilling

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 09:59
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Every Republican in the U.S. Senate, including both Alaskans, voted a few Wednesday to officially begin debate on a tax-cut

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Not enough public outrage against ANWR drilling, say opponents

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, November 10, 2017 at 09:46 — Last Updated: Friday, November 10, 2017 at 10:07
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In the U.S. Senate, opponents of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are having trouble getting the word out.

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska rejects ExxonMobil plan to expand oil production in Arctic

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, September 1, 2017 at 14:15
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On Tuesday, the Walker administration denied a proposal by ExxonMobil Corp. to expand oil production at the Point Thomson field,

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Federal geologists to update oil potential in northern Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 15:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 15:13
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Spurred by a president who wants oil companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, federal geologists have begun poking

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Mystery surrounds only oil well ever drilled in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 16:04 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 12:32
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With oil development advocates again emboldened by the prospects of cracking open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a big secret that

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Conservation groups girding for battle over National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, June 12, 2017 at 15:48
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Oil industry boosters and Alaska politicians are joining President Donald Trump’s administration to push for more development in an area

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The Canning River in ANWR's 1002 coastal plain. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S judge rejects push to open ANWR

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 17:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 19:25
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A novel strategy pushed by then-Gov. Sean Parnell and his natural resources head — now U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan —

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Al Grillo, AP)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska lawmakers frustrated after meeting with U.S. interior secretary

APRN
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 20:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 20:54
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After President Barack Obama announced a plan to designate most of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, Alaska lawmakers

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A subdivision on the outskirts of Kaktovik looks into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1002 coastal plain. Sept. 10, 2012. (Loren Holmes/Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) General Special Features USA 

Arctic Ocean may be next as Alaska officials seethe over ANWR move

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 15:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:38
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Emotions continued to rise on Monday over President Barack Obama’s initiative to increase protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Al Grillo, AP)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

No end in sight for ANWR campaigns

APRN
Posted: Monday, December 2, 2013 at 12:41 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:24
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Congress is so stuck in partisan mire it hardly passes any bills these days. So it would seem unlikely it

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Shell and other oil companies are embarking on offshore oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic. In the meantime, the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains off limits to oil drilling. (Illustration: Aaron Jansen, Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Alaska lobbying group wants ANWR drilling

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 09:21
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Secrecy remains the watchword for the state-funded lobbying group with the thankless task of trying to open the Arctic National

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