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Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski listens during a session of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill January 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska exempt from clean power rules, for now

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 18:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 18:23
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Alaska will not have to comply with new federal mandates to cut carbon emissions from power plants, at least not yet.

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing room July 23, 2015. (Erica Martinson/ Alaska Dispatch News)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska sentaor makes new push for crude exports, revenue sharing

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2015 at 13:38 — Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015 at 18:32
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski launched a new effort Thursday to secure state revenues from offshore oil drilling and lift

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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in Alaska in 2008. (AP)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska senator votes ‘Nay’ on icebreaker provision in defense bill

APRN
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 18:22 — Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015 at 15:11
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In Congress Thursday morning, a U.S. senator proposed adding nearly a billion dollars to a Defense spending bill to acquire an icebreaker –

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska LNG gains milestone with export license

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 19:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015 at 15:46
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The U.S.  federal Energy Department announced on Thursday it will license Liquified Natural Gas exports from Nikiski, even to countries

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

Oil & gas revenue-sharing is ‘simple fairness,’ says Alaska senator

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 20:57
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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski wants Alaska to get a share of the federal revenues from oil and gas development off

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

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

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Fran Ulmer preps an audience for a live-stream viewing of a meeting of the Arcic Council on Friday, april 24, 2015, at UAA. (Erik Hill/ADN)
Arctic-Council-2015 General Politics Politics (USA) Special Features Special Reports USA 

Climate change emphasized as US takes chair of Arctic Council

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 19:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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Linking climate change with severe flooding in the Alaska village of Galena, Secretary of State laid out an ambitious agenda to address

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

Murkowski, King seek to enlist other U.S. senators in an Arctic caucus

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 16:36 — Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015 at 19:55
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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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Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Papp draws on long U.S. Coast Guard experience to guide Arctic policies

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 09:44
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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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Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Former Coast Guard chief to be U.S. Arctic representative

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 20:12
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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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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in Alaska in 2008. (AP)
Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S. Senate bill includes $6 million for new icebreaker

APRN
Posted: Friday, June 27, 2014 at 11:27
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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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Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Bill to improve village safety not enough says Alaska tribal judge

APRN
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 14:28
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  The U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee today looked at a raft of bills aimed at improving the safety of

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Arctic city of Kiruna, Sweden last year for the Arctic Ministerial Summit. (Charles Dharapak / AP Photo)
Politics Politics (USA) Special Features USA 

U.S. to create Arctic ambassador position

APRN
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2014 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:17
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is creating a new Arctic ambassador position. In a letter to Alaska

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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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