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Interior agency rejects Hilcorp request for more time to develop Arctic Alaska offshore oil field

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon Federal regulators have rejected Hilcorp’s attempt to gain more time to develop Liberty, an offshore Arctic oil prospect that has languished since being discovered in the

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In the Arctic, planting more trees actually makes the world warmer

Commentary By: Marc Macias-Fauria and Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen, The Conversation Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and global warming is reduced. That’s the

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U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker returns home to Seattle following Arctic deployment

Seattle, WA, (KINY) – The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to Seattle Thursday December 12, following a 73-day Arctic deployment supporting scientific research missions,

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Biden’s approval of an oil lease sale will keep the door open to drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Juneau, Alaska (AP) – The Biden administration has approved plans for a sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska that leaves open the door for drilling in a portion

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Several key steps toward drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge are due before year’s end

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon It is the season of ANWR. On Wednesday, the board of directors for the state-owned Alaska Industrial Development and Export authority approved spending $20 million to

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Judge in Alaska sets aside critical habitat designation for threatened bearded, ringed seals

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – A judge in Alaska has set aside a federal agency’s action designating an area the size of Texas as critical habitat for two species of threatened

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Alaska scientist Mike Sfraga confirmed as U.S. Arctic ambassador-at-large

By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon More than 1 ½ years after he was nominated, Alaskan Mike Sfraga was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as the nation’s first Arctic

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Interior agency rejects Hilcorp request for more time to develop Arctic Alaska offshore oil field

In the Arctic, planting more trees actually makes the world warmer

U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker returns home to Seattle following Arctic deployment

Biden’s approval of an oil lease sale will keep the door open to drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Several key steps toward drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge are due before year’s end

Judge in Alaska sets aside critical habitat designation for threatened bearded, ringed seals

Alaska scientist Mike Sfraga confirmed as U.S. Arctic ambassador-at-large

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