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I’ve worked as a climate and ice scientist in Greenland for almost a decade. Alaskans share language, wild foods and culture with the people who live there.
Alaska's senior senator speaks to some of the major congressional debates from the past year.
A study published before the storm said there's an $80 million-a-year gap in money needed to protect or move coastal communities.
In the past, large-scale exercises “occurred in Alaska,” one general says. “Now, this is high-end training that is occurring — that is about Alaska, from Alaska.”
One utility leader points to private developers and the Trump tax bill. But advocates say utilities share some of the blame.
"The problem with standing on principle is when your constituents get hurt, and that was what was going to happen," Murkowski said.
Two of Alaska’s members of Congress have not directly said how they’d vote on an expected Trump proposal to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Alaskans and others tracking America’s stance toward the Arctic are waiting for details of President Trump's new policy.
"I'm worried about the current situation, because we've got some demographics that are working against us," U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview. "Alaskans are getting older, and our chronic conditions are just getting chronically worse."
Alaska geographer Mike Sfraga hasn’t announced his resignation. But it’s standard for politically appointed ambassadors to leave their posts during a presidential transition.
“Sugarcane” is set in British Columbia. But after recent screenings in Sitka and Anchorage, advocates say the documentary’s themes are as relevant and urgent just across the Canadian border in Alaska.
Officials say cyanide pollution at Victoria Gold’s Eagle Mine poses no health risks to Alaskans. But advocates worry it could compound a yearslong salmon crisis on the Yukon River — and should draw new attention to Canadian mines in areas that drain into Alaska waterways.
