Interior Department Suppresses...

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Interior Department Suppresses Study on Polar Bears to Plunder Alaska’s Arctic, Then Caves to Pressure

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It’s time for states that grew...

Sep 23, 2020 by

It’s time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and coal to figure out what’s next

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Sweeping changes are on the wa...

Sep 18, 2020 by

Sweeping changes are on the way for Alaska lands and wildlife

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Alaska Tribes Petition to Pres...

Jul 31, 2020 by

Alaska Tribes Petition to Preserve Tongass National Forest Roadless Protections

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Gold vs. Salmon: An Alaska Min...

Jul 24, 2020 by

Gold vs. Salmon: An Alaska Mine Project Just Got a Boost

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EPA Likely to Approve Mine Tha...

Jun 1, 2020 by

EPA Likely to Approve Mine That Threatens Alaska’s Largest Salmon Hatchery

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Tunnel Vision: Lessons in the ...

May 1, 2020 by

Tunnel Vision: Lessons in the Impermanence of Permafrost

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Alaska’s Whale Mystery: Where ...

Oct 31, 2019 by

As the Arctic struggles with climate extremes, the bowhead migration is two months late. If whales don’t arrive soon, “we’re going to go hungry,” one hunter said.

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Want to know what climate chan...

Oct 8, 2019 by

Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon.

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Melting permafrost in the Arct...

Sep 26, 2019 by

The consequences of climate change can be weird and apocalyptic.

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Interior Dept. Takes Next Step...

Sep 13, 2019 by

The Trump administration reached a milestone this week in its plan to open a pristine part of Alaska to oil and gas development with the release of a final report on the environmental impact of the plan.

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Trump moves to allow logging i...

Aug 28, 2019 by

Meanwhile, the Amazon burns.

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Alaska Chokes on Wildfires as ...

Jul 11, 2019 by

Fires are spreading farther north, burning more intensely and starting earlier, in line with what scientists have warned would happen with climate change.

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Thawing Alaskan permafrost thr...

Jun 17, 2019 by

A city in western Alaska has lost a huge stretch of riverbank to erosion that may turn it into an island, amid renewed warnings from scientists over the havoc triggered by the accelerating melting of the state’s ice and permafrost.

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Interior Dept. Delays Its Plan...

Apr 25, 2019 by

The delay appears to be an acknowledgment that the court decision is a significant setback for what President Trump has called his policy of “energy dominance” — an effort to rapidly expand oil and gas drilling across the country.

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Is There A Ticking Time Bomb U...

Jan 27, 2018 by

[Translate] Michaeleen Doucleff Twitter The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, dug in the mid-1960s, allows scientists a...

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Government Whistleblower Sound...

Jul 21, 2017 by

[Translate] Environment A scientist looking for a way to help Alaska Natives whose villages are sinking was reassigned by the Trump...

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THE WAY FORWARD ON NORTH KOREA

Jul 5, 2017 by

[Translate] Editorial The Way Forward on North Korea By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   NYTIMES Photo President Trump is learning the...

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THE U.S. IS RELOCATING AN ENTI...

Jun 6, 2017 by

[Translate] A TALE OF TWO TOWNS Not quite an ark. (Reuters/Jason Reed) Neha Thirani Bagri   QZ.COM   The water has been inching...

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CLIMATE CHANGE FORCES NORTHWES...

Mar 24, 2017 by

[Translate]   Zoe Loftus-Farren, Earth Island Journal | Op-Ed Fawn Sharp grew up in Taholah village, a small community on the...

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GLOBAL ‘COMPOST BOMBR...

Dec 31, 2016 by

[Translate]   gwenole camus Global warming is causing microorganisms that dwell in previously frozen soil to release carbon...

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The Front Lines of Climate Dis...

Aug 1, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | News Analysis Helicopters ferry water to drop on a wildfire just south of Anchorage, Alaska....

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LAST OIL COMPANY PULLS OUT OF ...

Jun 13, 2016 by

[Translate] by Ryan Koronowski CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock The Pacific Walrus calls the Chukchi and Bering Seas home.  ...

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ALASKA’S HUGE CLIMATE MY...

Jun 5, 2016 by

[Translate] Energy and Environment analysis By Chris Mooney  THE WASHINGTON POST In this June 2015 photo, smoke rises from the Bogus...

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THE ZOMBIE WILDFIRES HAVE AWAK...

Jun 3, 2016 by

[Translate] REUTERS/Mat-Su Borough/Stefan Hinman By Kate Yoder   GRIST As if we didn’t have enough to worry about with the start...

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AS CLIMATE CHANGE HEATS UP, AR...

Mar 26, 2016 by

[Translate] There’s a shortage of housing solutions in the far north, where the Arctic is warming faster than expected. Photograph:...

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ARCTIC SIRENS WAIL: WHERE ARE ...

Mar 14, 2016 by

[Translate] HUFFINGTON POST Robin Bronen Executive Director of Alaska Institute for Justice; Senior Research scientist at the...

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THE CHILLING SCIENCE ON ALASKA...

Dec 11, 2015 by

[Translate] Soil Science By Andrea Thompson GRIST Cross-posted from Climate Central Up to a quarter of the permafrost that lies just...

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NO MORE ARCTIC DRILLING ATTEMP...

Sep 28, 2015 by

[Translate] by Samantha PageCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jim Paulin Shell has announced it will discontinue oil exploration in...

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THE ROLLING STONE ARTICLE EVER...

Sep 20, 2015 by

[Translate] by DarkScholar DAILY KOS Over the past few days, everyone has been discussing the interview in Rolling Stone where Donald...

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