Policy of the most Arctic-rim states towards indigenous peoples needed to be revised


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The Coast Guard knows Alaska better than anyone, but even it may struggle to adapt to operating at the very top of the world.Coast Guard leaders have been warning for years that there would come a day when melting Arctic ice meant more commercial and tourist vessels would make their way to waters they could never before reach. That reality is upon ( Read more... )

About a dozen Alaskans rallied Monday outside the Anchorage federal building to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to reject Shell Oil's request for a waiver of requirements in the company's air permit, which it needs to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean.


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