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Interior Secretary vows to work on solutions for climate-threatened village
Posted by Anchorage Daily News: None Given on February 17th, 2015
Anchorage Daily News: In a whirlwind visit to Northwest Alaska on an unseasonably warm day, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday told residents of this climate-threatened village that she would work with them on their relocation efforts.
Jewell is in the Arctic region at the invitation of the Alaska Federation of Natives. The state’s most powerful Native organization had organized a retreat in the hub city of Kotzebue for its 37-member board and wanted Jewell to address climate change and other issues affecting...
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Comments Off on Interior Secretary vows to work on solutions for climate-threatened villageClimate change is biggest reason oppose Keystone pipeline
Posted by Anchorage Daily News: None Given on January 16th, 2015
Anchorage Daily News: Not all pipelines are the same; not all oil projects are good energy projects. Yet we tend to associate any North American oil project with greater energy security/stability and thousands of jobs. While there is no polling data to confirm it, I think this is why a majority of Americans say “yes” when asked a simple question about supporting the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. They might answer differently if they knew that the Keystone XL pipeline will only transport oil to Gulf Coast refineries...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate change is biggest reason oppose Keystone pipelineClimate talks must consider impact of melting permafrost, scientists say
Posted by Anchorage Daily News: None Given on November 28th, 2012
Anchorage Daily News: Scientists who study the Arctic say they're worried that nations meeting this week to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions aren't adequately considering how much carbon dioxide and methane could be released from the world's rapidly thawing permafrost.
Researchers have known the permafrost is warming for some time, but they've only recently begun to accurately measure just how much carbon is in the Earth's frozen regions. And they're only beginning to understand the consequences of...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate talks must consider impact of melting permafrost, scientists saySealaska land deal hearing in Congress this week
Posted by Anchorage Daily News: None Given on May 23rd, 2011
Anchorage Daily News: The fight resurfaces in Washington this week, as the Sealaska Native Corp. makes a case to a Senate committee that it should be able to pick as much as 85,000 acres outside of its original land grants in the forest.
The company's picks are controversial, in part because they include valuable old growth timber that many would like to see off-limits to logging. Some local groups, including the Craig Tribal Association, also have concerns about how Sealaska plans to address important cultural locations...
Climate change hits Alaska’s national parks in a big way
Posted by Anchorage Daily News: None Given on February 15th, 2011
Anchorage Daily News: These and some better-known impacts -- proliferation of invasive plants and fish, greater frequency and intensity of wildfires, and declines in wildlife populations that depend on sea ice and glaciers -- are outlined in a recent National Park Service report. ...
In some far northern parks such as Gates of the Arctic, average temperatures are expected to shift in coming years from below freezing to above freezing, crossing a crucial threshold, said Bob Winfree, Alaska science adviser for the Park...
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