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Posts Tagged ‘Arctic Ocean’

House spending bill includes wins for Alaska conservation

By Kaden McArthur | July 31, 2020

Last week saw some huge conservation wins as the U.S. House of Representatives passed its 2021 Interior and Environment spending bill.

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Alaska must play a key role in America’s climate solutions

By Kaden McArthur | June 30, 2020

Alaska is undoubtedly one of the wildest places left in the country, one of the places most impacted by climate change, and one that must play a key role in addressing the global climate crisis.

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Forfeit of offshore leases is good news for the Arctic Ocean

By Kaden McArthur | May 18, 2020

The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) recently announced that it would be relinquishing its 21 leases in the Beaufort Sea.

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Ten years after Deepwater Horizon, offshore drilling remains a threat

By Kaden McArthur | April 20, 2020

Ten years after Deepwater Horizon, our president is now a constant ally of fossil fuels, lowering safety standards while seeking to allow or increase drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Gulf of Mexico. (Photo via Unified Command Joint Information Center.)

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Climate change at the top of the world

By Corey Himrod | February 27, 2020

Last summer, League supporter Ken Fabert took a trip with his daughter to Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow) and Cooper Island in Alaska’s Arctic, and this is what they found.

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Climate Change And The Arctic

By Corey Himrod | July 25, 2019

Unless we fight climate change now and support those who are already being impacted, the world will lose not only its natural splendor but its cultural richness as well.

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North To The Future: Alaska And The Risks Of Pursuing A Trump Legacy

By Corey Himrod | April 23, 2019

(This blog originally appeared on the American College of Environmental Lawyers website.) On the last Friday in March, Judge Sharon Gleason of the Federal District Court for the District of Alaska issued two opinions in closely-watched cases* concerning federal public lands and waters in and offshore of Alaska.

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Alaska, Up Close And Personal

By Corey Himrod | February 15, 2018

Last month I had the opportunity to visit Alaska for the first time, and it was more beautiful and eye opening than it was cold – and I was there in January!

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Alaska Is Under Attack From The Trump Administration

By Corey Himrod | October 13, 2017

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration and his nomination of Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to the position of Secretary of the Department of Interior, industry-fueled attacks on Alaska’s wild lands and waters have picked up.

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