Arctic

Apr 10 2019
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Meet Alice Qannik Glenn, the podcaster who’s trying to get more young Alaska Native voices on the mic

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Arts & Culture, Community, North Slope, Southcentral

With her podcast “Coffee & Quaq,” Glenn wants to spotlight the ideas and conversations of young Alaska Native people and broaden the range of stories that are told about Indigenous experiences.

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Apr 06 2019
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New York Times reporter discusses story revealing ANWR oil test well was ‘worthless’

By | 2 Alaska, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Government, North Slope

The story uncovered a long-held Alaska secret: that the only exploratory oil well ever drilled in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was “worthless.”

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Apr 05 2019
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Ringed Seal

State of Alaska petitions federal government to delist Arctic ringed seals under the Endangered Species Act

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Local Government, Oceans, Science & Tech, State Government, Subsistence

In the latest chapter of an ongoing debate over the status of Arctic ringed seals, the state of Alaska has petitioned the federal government to take them off the list of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Mar 27 2019
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Bernadette Demientieff, director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, waits to testify at a U.S. House hearing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Which Native voices? On ANWR, lawmakers practice selective listening.

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Interior, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics, Subsistence, Wildlife

Rep. Don Young told his colleagues to disregard the anti-drilling Gwich’in witnesses, while pro-development Iñupiaq witnesses accused Democrats of erasing them from the land that’s been their home for centuries.

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Mar 20 2019
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As Trump administration contemplates drilling in Arctic waters, North Slope organizations stress need to protect subsistence resources

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Local Government, Nation & World, Subsistence

In public comments made available on a federal site, most North Slope institutions didn’t express outright opposition to the plan. But they did voice concern for subsistence resources and hunters’ continued access to them.

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