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Murkowski Bill Directs At Least 2 Major Lease Sales In Arctic Refuge [1]

"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowksi (R-Alaska) released legislation Wednesday that would open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling for the first time in a generation by calling for at least two major lease sales over the next decade."

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Source: Washington Post [10], 11/09/2017

Climate Preview? Pacific Ocean ‘Blob’ Seems To Take Toll On Alaska Cod [11]

"Gulf of Alaska cod populations appear to have nose-dived, a collapse fishery scientists believe is linked to warm water temperatures known as 'the blob' that peaked in 2015."

Climate Change [12]
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Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: Seattle Times [16], 11/08/2017

State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [17]

An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.

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"An Alaska Senator Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil, Too" [30]

"Senator Lisa Murkowski was unequivocal when asked recently about rising global temperatures: “Climate change is real,” the Alaska Republican told an audience in Anchorage. Yet her stance on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is just as clear."

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Source: NY Times [31], 11/02/2017

Alaska Reviews of All North Slope Wells After Spill Linked to Permafrost [32]

"Alaska's main oil and gas regulatory body has ordered a review of all North Slope wells after a spill last spring was connected to thawing permafrost, subsidence and a cracked casing."

Climate Change [12]
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Source: InsideClimate News [33], 11/01/2017

"Trump Offered To Change Denali Back To Mount Mckinley. ‘We Said No!’" [34]

"President Donald Trump is unlikely to reverse a 2015 Obama administration decision to formally change the name of Mount McKinley to Denali, as it is now known, according to Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan."

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Source: Alaska Dispatch News [35], 10/25/2017

Everything You Need To Know About The Coming Trump Arctic Drilling Bid [36]

"The Senate's budget vote on Thursday was the opening salvo in what's likely to be a bitter fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."

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Source: The Hill [38], 10/23/2017

Senate Votes To Raise Revenue By Drilling In Arctic Wildlife Refuge [39]

"The Senate rejected an amendment Thursday that sought to block a key panel from raising revenue through drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a move that could make it easier for future oil and gas drilling to take place there."

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Source: Washington Post [40], 10/20/2017

"Inventing a Vocabulary to Help Inuit People Talk About Climate Change" [41]

"One team is working with Inuvialuit elders to come up with a renewable energy terminology—and maybe revive a dying language".

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Source: Smithsonian [42], 10/19/2017

After Hurricane Outages, Looking To Alaska's Microgrids For A Better Way [43]

"This archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska is home to one of the busiest commercial fishing ports in the country. Inside the Ocean Beauty seafood plant in Kodiak, where a maze of conveyer belts carry gutted salmon past workers in hairnets and gloves, manager James Turner ticks off everything that contributes to his monthly electricity bill: canning machines, pressure cookers, freezers lights."

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Source: NPR [45], 10/18/2017

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