Tag: Alaska
It’s time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and...
Bradley Handler, Colorado School of Mines; Matt Henry, University of Wyoming, and Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines
These are very challenging times for U.S....
Trump greenlights drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but will...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
The Trump administration has announced that it is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas...
Coronavirus and tourism: Places like Alaska without a COVID-19 outbreak could...
Kevin Berry, University of Alaska Anchorage and Mouhcine Guettabi, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaska doesn’t have a single reported case of COVID-19, yet economically it...
Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don’t fail
Christopher Sergeant, The University of Montana and Julian D. Olden, University of Washington
Scars from large mining operations are permanently etched across the landscapes of...
Before Trump eyed Greenland: Here’s what happened last time the US...
William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage
Editor’s note: Reports that President Donald Trump has urged aides to look into buying Greenland make us...
In divided Alaska, the choice is between paying for government or...
Paola Banchero, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaskans will soon confront the dramatic effects of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes of US$444 million from the state...
A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration’s losing streak...
Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Irvine and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University
The Trump administration’s push to boost fossil fuel extraction has received a...
In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change
Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
