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Oil & gas industry messages Alaska students

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2015 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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With talk of taxes on the rise and Alaska struggling with massive deficits, an oil and gas trade association representing some

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Reinstilling pride in the Inuit seal hunt

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 20:28 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:19
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This month, Inuit launched a new offensive in their battle against the EU seal ban. The 2009 EU law bans the

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Blog: Singapore and the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 20:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 15:40
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In Singapore, they say, there are two seasons: summer outdoors and winter indoors. On a hot and dangerously hazynight last

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Permafrost thaw to cost global economy trillions

Asaf Shalev, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 14:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 18:09
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Permafrost may be mostly invisible underground, but the consequences of its thawing will be anything but. That’s according to a

A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline. (Nicole Klauss / Kodiak Daily Mirror / AP)

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Winds cause flooding in Alaska village, prompts Shell to pause oil drilling

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 20:06
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Huge, wind-whipped waves crashed onto the shore at Barrow on Thursday, forcing the closure of a nearby road, the National

Jobs that include a great deal of customer service often require excellent language skills. (Tiina Karjalainen / Yle)

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Finns need Swedish, say Norway employers

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 18:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 18:51
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Norwegian business leaders and academics interviewed by Yle’s Swedish-language news service say they are disappointed in the overall level of

Rapids along the Vindel River. (Örjan Holmberg / Swedish Radio)

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Project brings salmon back to Swedish river

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 15:16 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:38
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Some 15 years ago, officials were alarmed by the rapid decline of wild salmon populations in Sweden’s Vindel River but

A small private plantation of the Lodgepole pine outside of Flen, southwest of Stockholm. (Markus Landén/Sveriges Radio)

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North American pines invading Swedish forests

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 18:23
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In the 1970’s Swedish forest companies started importing pine trees from North America, and today – a billion tree plants

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Washington D.C. in 2013. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

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Blog: The Arctic is not just an earmark for Alaska says senator

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 18:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 20:09
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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave a speech at the 6th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval

Nome, a gold gold rush community in Western Alaska, is betting big on geothermal in hopes of finally figuring out the riddle of high energy costs that plagues many off-the-road-system communities in the state.(Gabriel Bouys / AFP)

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Descendant dilemma looms for Alaska Native corporations

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 18:22
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The Alaska Native corporation for the Nome region will analyze the idea of enrolling descendants while sister corporations keep such

Only 15 contracts have been signed since Sweden launched its rural housing plan. (Jens Tisbo/Sveriges Radio)

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Sweden’s plan to boost rural housing fails

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 13:26
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The Swedish government’s investment in a guaranteed line of credit to build new houses in rural areas has been a

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Sweden: Government to form council of researchers for sustainable development

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 18:45
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During last week’s Almedalen political week, the red-green government decided to form a council consisting of science researchers to

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

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IMO completes Polar Code, regulating Arctic and Antarctic shipping

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 13:41 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:45
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Starting in 2017, it will be illegal for shippers to dump oil, oily waste or noxious materials into Arctic or

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Alaska senator wants more offshore oil leasing, revenue sharing

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 18:14 — Last Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 17:32
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A bill introduced by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski would expand oil exploration in the waters off Alaska, extend the life of existing oil

Tourists' use of UAVs at the Poles may lead to increased noise pollution, disturbances to wildlife and may interfere with scientific work in the Arctic and Antarctic. (iStock)

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UAVs to be banned in the Arctic and Antarctic

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 17:16 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 18:32
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Two major associations representing tour operators in the Arctic and Antarctic have stated that they will not allow visitors to