What Shell’s decision means for Alaska economy
Views on the impact of a Shell pullout from the already fragile Alaska economy ranged from dire to cautious Monday,
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Why Shell stopped drilling in Arctic Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell will abandon its Arctic oil exploration efforts in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea after spending billions of dollars on
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Russia-Norway disagreements stop bay clean-up
Finnmark Governor insists installation of new navigation marks along Russia’s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula coast must be completed before allowing
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Sweden focuses on jobs and climate in budget
Sweden’s government presented its 2016 budget proposal Monday morning, with a focus on job creation, education and climate issues, Swedish Radio
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What Obama’s Arctic visit might mean for Paris
All eyes were on the U.S. state of Alaska last week, where a major Arctic conference was underway. The international event
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Obama leaves Arctic, what comes next?
The motorcades are gone and Denali gets to stay, but what else? What really comes of Alaska’s big presidential visit?
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Arctic Alaska town prepares for Obama visit
KOTZEBUE — You know someone big is coming to your town when people start clearing out the clutter that has long
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Alaska trip shows Obama’s commitment to Arctic: Kerry
Federal officials have made a lot of unfulfilled promises in the past about paying attention to the issues and needs
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Obama visit brings new attention to Arctic
Climate scientists said Tuesday they hope President Obama’s visit to Alaska and next week’s State Department-organized Anchorage conference on climate
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Norway, Russia find peace in cod
The two countries have together managed the rich fish stocks in the Barents Sea for almost half a century. Now,
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Obama, China & the North Pole: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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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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Wind power growing most in North Finland
Northern Finland moves with the winds, outpaces neighboring Nordic regions in wind power generation. Figures assembled by Patchwork Barents show that the
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Shell gets drilling go-ahead in Chukchi
Royal Dutch Shell won permission on Monday to start deep drilling at a Chukchi Sea exploration well, opening the way for the
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Former BP chief exec warns Shell about Arctic drilling
The former chief executive of BP, who headed the company during a spate of nasty disasters including the biggest ever pipeline
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