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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Support for Keystone XL Pipeline 'Zucks,' Facebook Says

OnEarth | Posted 05.06.2013 | Green
OnEarth

By Jessica Camille Aguirre, OnEarth Usually when hordes of people threaten to quit Facebook, it's over an unpopular redesign or a sneaky switch in the...

Bloomberg's Obama Endorsement Brings Candidate's Energy Policy Back in Focus

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.02.2013 | Green
Richard Schiffman

While Romney is clearly the first choice of America's fossil fuel industry, Big Oil and Gas have thrived under Obama too, even if he has not given them a totally free reign.Ā 

Americans Say Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for Good

Cindy Shogan | Posted 12.16.2012 | Green
Cindy Shogan

We agree and are hoping for a bit more to celebrate by the time the year is over when Secretary Salazar recommends Wilderness for the Coastal Plain of the Refuge -- to recognize that the Arctic Refuge should be protected as one of our greatest treasures, as Americans want it to be.

PHOTOS: Brooklyn Decker's Rugged Arctic Adventure

Posted 08.30.2012 | Travel

Brooklyn Decker headed to the Arctic with The Sierra Club earlier this month to spend a week in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The remote are...

Murkowski Offers Obamas Milkshakes In Exchange For Frank Discussion

Fuel Fix | Posted 03.30.2012 | Politics

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has invited President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for a milkshake to discuss producing oil in the Arctic National W...

10 Beautiful Places Humans Could Destroy

Michael Klare | Posted 05.20.2012 | Books
Michael Klare

There are many good reasons for speeding the development of renewable sources of energy, not the least of which is the threat posed by accelerating climate change. But a look at these threatened habitats might provide another good reason to hasten the introduction of alternatives.

The Idea That Drilling Can Cure Unemployment Is A Joke

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.16.2012 | Politics

To be a modern Republican in good standing, you have to believe — or pretend to believe — in two miracle cures for whatever ails the economy: more...

Arctic Oil Drilling Threatens Polar Bear Birthing Grounds

Rocky Kistner | Posted 04.09.2012 | Green
Rocky Kistner

Should we believe the industry that brought us Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon that oil blowouts can be contained and controlled in the frigid oceans of the arctic?

Sassy Alaskan Lawmaker Says Central Park Should Be A Wildlife Refuge

Posted 03.27.2012 | New York

An Alaskan official-- irritated at pesky, state's-rights-hating lower-48ers attempting to prevent oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge...

WATCH: Congressman Flips Out On Professor

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 01.20.2012 | Politics

Alaska Congressman Don Young got into a heated discussion with Rice University professor Doug Brinkley at a hearing on Friday. Young addressed Brin...

When Despots and Bullies Run The Government (VIDEO)

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics
Shawn Lawrence Otto

A heated exchange between two Congressmen and a historian they didn't want to hear from shows what happens to democracy when knowledge is no longer the arbiter of what is true, but is simply another "way of knowing."

Alaska To Push Back Oil And Gas Lease Sale

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 11.08.2011 | Green

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska is pushing back what it says will be one of the biggest oil and gas lease sales in the U.S. this year, citing the potent...

The Arctic Refuge: A Place Worth Fighting For

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 10.16.2011 | Green
Jamie Rappaport Clark

The evidence is clear: oil companies cannot be trusted with our treasured places -- and that includes the Arctic refuge.

Earth Activism: What We Don't Want

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

The EPA is under attack from the Republicans, and we must fight to protect the very agency that works to protect public and ecological health in America. Is this a private fight or can anyone get in it? Earth activism is a public fight.

House Rhetoricians vs. Santa's Reindeers

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

Reindeer are dying in large numbers all across the Arctic. If the actions of the House Rhetoricians are allowed to play out this year, Rudolph won't be here much longer to carry Santa around the globe.

Restraint and Hope: Lessons From Lake Baikal and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

David B. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
David B. Williams

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Baikal have come to symbolize not only primal, sacred wilderness but also the struggle over values and who controls natural resources.

Oil Spill Commission Report: We Need to Do More Research Before Drilling in Arctic Ocean

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Frances Beinecke

The government cannot make thoughtful decisions about the future of drilling in the Arctic Ocean until we close two critical gaps: the gap in our scientific understanding of the Arctic ecosystem and in our ability to respond to spills in that forbidding landscape.

A Fabulous Christmas Present

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Javier Sierra

President Obama, save that lovely bearded man some work and be our Santa: turn the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into a national monument.

Green News Report: December 7, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Happy Bir...

Preserving Polar Bears for Our Children

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jamie Rappaport Clark

My son Carson is eleven years old. And though at times he may think he's a grown up, he still has many years ahead of him before he's an adult. Like m...

Obama Pressured To Make Arctic Refuge A National Monument

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Obama is being urged to bestow national monument status on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for its 50th annive...

After The Arctic Spill -- Shell, Palin and Obama

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

Did the administration approve Shell to go drill in the Arctic or not and if yes, then when? The truth it seems is somewhere in between.

A Half Century of Protection Is a Good First Step

Bill Meadows | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Bill Meadows

In a few days, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be celebrating 50 years of protection. Tonight in Washington, DC, we are celebrating this mom...

Thankful for Polar Bear Habitat But Shell Must Not Go There

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

2010-11-26-p.jpgWill Obama deny-or-grant Shell the permit to go drill-and-destroy the critical habitat of polar bears that he just designated?

Time to Commit in the Arctic

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Michael Brune

Drilling for whatever oil lies under the tundra of ANWR would have no significant effect on how much we pay for gas. It could, however, make the richest company in the world (ExxonMobil) even richer.