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Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answers questions from members of the media following a campaign stop in North Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)
General Politics Politics (USA) Special Features USA 

Clinton tweets opposition to Arctic drilling

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 20:43
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Hillary Clinton used Twitter on Tuesday to declare her opposition to Arctic offshore drilling, and her brief statement was applauded by

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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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A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline. (Nicole Klauss / Kodiak Daily Mirror / AP)
Arctic-Council-2015 General Politics Politics (USA) Special Features Special Reports USA 

Arctic priorities questioned on eve of U.S. chairmanship

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 13:27 — Last Updated: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 21:25
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The United States assumes chairmanship of the Arctic Council this week, kicking off a two-year window to assert American priorities

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

Alaska Senate passes bill establishing an official state Arctic policy

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 13:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 21:56
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The Alaska Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing an official state Arctic policy that, in large part, calls for more natural-resource

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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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(Pamela Dunlap-Shohl / Alaska Dispatch News)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Chukchi Sea shoal newly closed to oil leasing is well known as biological hot spot

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 18:28
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Hanna Shoal, a region of shallow water in the remote Chukchi Sea that President Barack Obama last week put off limits to

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The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Obama, oil drilling and injustice in Canada’s North: Arctic Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 21:32 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:59
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)
Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Shell says it plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 19:21 — Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 20:11
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Shell says it plans to drill in offshore waters in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015, even as it retrenches on capital

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A polar bear walks plies the line between the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Arctic Ocean along a barrier island on Sept. 10, 2012. (Loren Holmes/ Alaska Dispatch News)
News 

To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:19
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President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up

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The Tromso debate continues: do we need Arctic oil? (Irene Quaile)
Blog General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and

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Colony Glacier, emptying into Lake George. A new report released Tuesday by the Obama administration said that glacial melt in Alaska is accelerating, just one example of how climate change is affecting the Last Frontier. ( Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Alaska feels outsized effects of climate change, according to new national report

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 11:49
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Climate changes bringing severe weather, floods, droughts and rising sea levels to the rest of the nation are accentuated in

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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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