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"Trump to Rush Drilling Leases in Arctic Before Biden Takes Over" [1]

"The Trump administration is advancing plans to auction drilling rights in the U.S. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to block oil exploration in the rugged Alaska wilderness."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Bloomberg [10], 11/16/2020
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"Mining, Logging Now Allowed in Tongass National Forest" [11]

"Alaska’s Tongass National Forest—America’s largest—is no longer protected under the 2001 Roadless Rule, and its remote islands and old-growth trees are now open to new logging and mining, according to a record of decision to be published Thursday in the Federal Register."

Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 10/29/2020
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"White House Releases New Plan for Seismic Tests in Arctic Refuge" [14]

"The Trump administration has relaunched long-delayed plans to conduct a seismic survey in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a prelude to drilling for oil there."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [15]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: NYTimes [16], 10/26/2020
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Maui Has Begun Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost. [17]

"With nearly 300 miles of coastline, the Hawaiian islands that make up Maui County face the threat of sea level rise from all sides. It's that assault that has formed the foundation of a lawsuit Maui filed this week against 20 fossil fuel companies seeking compensation for the rising costs of climate change."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [20], 10/15/2020
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"747 Soars Past The Competition As Katmai’s New Fat Bear Week Champion" [21]

"Like all good things, Fat Bear Week has come to its inevitable end. A week ago, 12 of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s chunkiest chunks began a cutthroat competition. Now, after a single-elimination bracket allowed voters to choose their favorite pudgy predators, a single beefy brown bear reigns supreme."

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Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [22], 10/07/2020
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"The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer" [23]

"A faraway island in Alaska has had its share of visitors, but none can remain for long on its shores."

Natural Resources [5]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Hakai [24], 10/07/2020
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"Trump Admin to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging" [25]

"The Trump administration is expected on Friday to finalize its plan to open about 9 million acres of the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and road construction."

Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: NYTimes [26], 09/25/2020
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Pebble: "An Alaska Mine Project Might Be Bigger Than Acknowledged" [27]

"In secretly recorded meetings, executives with the Pebble Mine project said the operation could run nine times longer than outlined in their permit filings."

Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: NYTimes [31], 09/22/2020
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"Arctic Refuge Oil Footprint Could Expand Illegally, Lawsuits Say" [32]

"Gravel mines, airstrips, and ice roads could appear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which Congress never intended when it agreed to allow oil development there, more than a dozen states are claiming in a bid to stop drilling there."

Biodiversity [33]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 09/11/2020
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"Pink Salmon Could Prosper In Warmer Arctic, New Study Finds" [35]

"Scientists like to say that climate change is creating winners and losers in Alaska: Some species will struggle, while others could benefit from warmer habitats. One of those climate change winners could be pink salmon in the Arctic, according to a new paper published by U.S. and Canadian scientists in a journal called Deep Sea Research Part II."

Climate Change [18]
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Water & Oceans [19]
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Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Alaska Public Media [36], 09/08/2020
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