“Beyond the importance of sharing this key science, the fact that we can pull together and ensure the Arctic Report Card goes forward is a sign that science won't be stopped or silenced.” - Matthew Druckenmiller, a senior National Snow and Ice Data Center scientist.
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By Yereth Rosen
The Arctic Report Card, the annual peer-reviewed analysis of climate in the circumpolar region, will continue even without federal government support, scientists announced.
The American Geophysical Union, an association representing thousands of Earth and space scientists, announced last week that it has taken over as manager of the Arctic Report Card after the Trump administration pulled support last month.
(Photo by Brian Venua/Alaska Beacon)
By Corinne Smith
Front-runner candidates for Alaska’s sole U.S. House of Representatives seat expressed strong support for the fishing industry and coastal communities at a debate in Kodiak over the weekend.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III and independent challenger Bill Hill took very similar positions on issues including fisheries bycatch, declining fish stocks and representation in federal fisheries management, but there were some differences.
By Max Graham, Anchorage Press
The world’s largest mining company is back in Alaska.
More than a decade after abandoning a search for coal in the western Arctic, Australia-based BHP quietly staked new mineral claims this summer in a remote part of Southcentral Alaska — with an eye for copper.
(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
COMMENTARY
By Stan Jones
Everyone debating the Alaska LNG project assumes the developer wants what it says it wants: to build an 800-mile natural gas pipeline.
But look at Glenfarne’s deeds instead of its words, and a different possibility emerges. Glenfarne may actually be waiting to see if things work out with the pipeline because it now has an essentially guaranteed moneymaker in the form of a project to import LNG into Cook Inlet for local needs.
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