Sally Jewell – Eye on the Arctic

Millie Hawley and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell walk down the main street in the Inupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The village is threatened by coastal erosion of the long barrier island between the Chukchi Sea and a lagoon at the mouth of the Kivalina River. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

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U.S. interior secretary vows to work on solutions for climate-threatened Alaska village

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 20:54
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KIVALINA — In a whirlwind visit to Northwest Alaska on an unseasonably warm day, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on

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

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Arctic standards won’t be ready for Shell’s return

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 19:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 22:45
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After Shell’s troubled 2012 drilling season in the far north, the Interior Department began working on Arctic-specific standards for offshore