Interior Department curbs future Arctic offshore drilling
By DAN JOLING The Interior Department announced Friday it is canceling future lease sales and will not extend current leases in Arctic waters off Alaska’s northern coast, a decision that…
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Shell to cease Alaska offshore Arctic drilling
By DAN JOLING Royal Dutch Shell will stop drilling for oil and gas in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well backed by billions in…
Obama paints doomsday scene of global warming in Alaska
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama is painting a doomsday scenario for the Arctic and beyond if climate change isn’t dealt with fast: entire nations submerged underwater, cities abandoned and…
Alaska-bound, Obama makes waves by renaming Mount McKinley
By JOSH LEDERMAN Shrinking glaciers, Arctic temperatures and a mix of messy energy politics await President Barack Obama on his historic trip to Alaska. Even before he departed, Obama was…
Clinton seeks distance from Obama on climate change issues
By JOSH LEDERMAN and KEN THOMAS Hillary Rodham Clinton is voicing opposition to President Barack Obama’s authorization for oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic and his delays on Keystone XL,…
PUTIN VOWS TO BEEF UP ARCTIC MILITARY PRESENCE
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov during a meeting with the…
CHINA AND ICELAND SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, right, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after inspecting a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony outside the…