A recent study indicates fires in the Yukon Flat region of Alaska are releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than previously thought.
Arctic
Shell’s Q3 results reflect Arctic hit
Royal Dutch Shell has announced its quarterly financial results. They’re not good, and Shell’s dry hole in the Chukchi Sea is just one factor.
Climate change progress at Arctic Council’s first meeting with US chair
Surprisingly, more than half the council’s non-Arctic states submitted assessment reports of their own emissions of black carbon, the particulate waste from fossil fuel combustion.
Sen. Murkowski spotlights civic heroes at AFN
“My list of heroes includes friends in the Interior and across the state who seek justice for the Fairbanks Four,” Murkowski told the convention.
Protesters slam Murkowski’s support for Arctic drilling
During Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s speech at the AFN Convention on Friday, protesters marched dressed as a salmon, a caribou and a walrus. They were calling out Murkowski for her support of Arctic oil drilling.
Shell’s oil rigs leave the Arctic, skip Seattle
Shell spent more than $8 billion and nearly a decade looking for oil in the Chukchi Sea, including $1.4 billion this year alone.