North Slope

Aug 09 2019
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Russian nuclear power plant afloat in Arctic causes anxiety across Bering Strait

By | Arctic, Energy & Mining, Environment, Nation & World, North Slope, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Western

A Russian barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to traverse the Arctic this month. Across the Bering Strait, Alaskans are worried — though one Arctic security expert also sees room for optimism.

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Jul 31 2019
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Politico: Science ‘trampled’ as Interior hurries toward ANWR lease sale

By | Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, North Slope, Wildlife

The magazine Politico has obtained leaked documents suggesting the Department of the Interior has altered the work of at least two agency scientists as it presses to finish the environmental reviews on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Jul 29 2019
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With ANWR drilling on its doorstep, an Alaska Native village is poised to profit

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, North Slope

It’s still too early to know if petroleum even exists in the refuge in commercially-viable quantities. But if it’s found, Kaktovik’s residents are simultaneously positioned to be among the biggest beneficiaries, and to experience some of the biggest disruptions.

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Jul 19 2019
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Richard Glenn, left, and Matthew Rexford, tribal administrator for Kaktovik, wait to testify at a 2019 House hearing on drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

Two worlds that overlap: Richard Glenn sees ANWR drilling as a boon to Iñupiaq communities

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, North Slope, Politics, The Future of the Arctic Refuge: Riches or Ruin?, Wildlife

Richard Glenn is an inconvenient truth for opponents of drilling in the Arctic Refuge. He presents a challenge to a prevalent narrative in Washington, D.C., that Native people oppose development in the Arctic.

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Jul 17 2019
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‘We’re never going to surrender’ — Sarah James on a life fighting oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, North Slope, The Future of the Arctic Refuge: Riches or Ruin?

Sarah James’ desire to preserve the Neetsa’ii Gwich’in way of life drove her into the thick of the battle over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Jul 17 2019
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Meet the Trump administration official whose signature could formally open ANWR to drilling

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, North Slope, The Future of the Arctic Refuge: Riches or Ruin?

It’s 3,200 miles from Joe Balash’s office in Washington, D.C., to the Neets’aii Gwich’in community of Arctic Village. But Arctic Village is barely 200 miles from North Pole, the Alaska town where Balash grew up.

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Jul 02 2019
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In Arctic Village, Gwich’in leaders say the fight to stop drilling in the Arctic Refuge isn’t over

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Community, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Local Government, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics, Subsistence, The Future of the Arctic Refuge: Riches or Ruin?, Wildlife

Until recently, Gwich’in tribes were on the winning side of the battle over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Then, in late 2017, Congress opened the coastal plain to oil development.

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