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Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining [1]

"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."

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Source: NYTimes [10], 04/22/2024
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"Interior Said to Reject Industrial Road Through Alaskan Wilderness" [11]

"The Biden administration is expected to deny permission for a 211-mile industrial road through fragile Alaskan wilderness to a large copper deposit, handing a victory to environmentalists in an election year when the president wants to underscore his credentials as a climate leader and conservationist."

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Source: NYTimes [15], 04/17/2024
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Greens Protest As DOT Approves Huge Oil Export Terminal Off Texas Coast [16]

"In a move that environmentalists called a betrayal, the Biden administration has approved the construction of a deepwater oil export terminal off the Texas coast that would be the largest of its kind in the United States."

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Source: AP [17], 04/15/2024
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"Biden Plans Sweeping Effort To Block Arctic Oil Drilling" [18]

"The U.S. set aside 23 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Now, President Joe Biden is moving to block oil and gas development across roughly half of it."

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Source: Bloomberg [19], 04/15/2024
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LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [20]

A partisan debate has flared over liquified natural gas, as industry, environmentalists and politicians wrangle over LNG’s role in climate change and the energy transition, heating and electricity prices, and international and domestic U.S. politics. Backgrounder lays out LNG’s history, starting with the fracking boom and bringing it up to speed with the war in Ukraine and upcoming presidential elections.

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"Caribou Declines Causing Angst For Hunters Are Part Of Wider Trend" [37]

"Alaska subsistence hunters struggling with caribou declines and lost hunting opportunities got a message at a gathering in Anchorage last week: They are not alone." "There are signs that climate change is depressing caribou numbers, and ongoing and proposed development could make recovery more difficult, experts say".

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Source: Alaska Beacon [43], 03/21/2024
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"Pebble Sues EPA To Revive Southwest Alaska Copper And Gold Mine Prospect" [44]

"The company behind the giant Pebble copper and gold mine project in Southwest Alaska filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to overturn its decision last year to halt the mine."

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Source: Anchorage Daily News [47], 03/18/2024
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"The Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative Hopes to Give Wildlife Room to Roam" [48]

"It's a big, inspiring vision of wildlife connectivity. But could it work?"

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Source: Sierra [51], 03/15/2024
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"Bats of the Midnight Sun" [52]

"Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska’s little brown bats are a unique population. Can their niche lives help them avoid white-nose syndrome?"

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Source: Hakai [53], 03/13/2024
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Erratic Winters Threaten 8,000 kms Of Ice Roads Linking Canada’s North [54]

"Nearly all of the country’s winter roads could be unusable by 2080. Without them, deliveries of everything from diesel to school buses to hockey gear are up in the air".

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Source: The Narwhal [55], 03/11/2024
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