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Back to the Bush Leagues on Arctic Drilling?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Congress, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Arctic, Oil, Department of Interior, Science, Oceans, Climate and Energy, Obama Administration, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.

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Paul Nicklen's Polar Obsession Photos

Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Photography, Leopard Seal, Slidepoll, Antarctica, National Geographic, Penguin, Polar Bear, Animals, Canada, Arctic, Narwhals, Norway, Paul Nicklen, Polar Obsession, Polar Ice Caps, Polar Bears, Bull Walrus, Environment, Green News

Renowned National Geographic extreme photojournalist Paul Nicklen has released a new book titled Polar Obsession, which chronicles his expedition unde...

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In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Polarbear, Polarbears, Biogems, Arctic, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Epa, Environmentalism, Endangered Species Act, Critical Habitat, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

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Arctic Insects' Disappearance Is Evidence Of Climate Change: University Of Colorado Study

Boulder Daily Camera | Laura Snider | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Baffin Island, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, University of Colorado, Arctic, Arctic Insects, Denver News

When Yarrow Axford, a researcher at the University of Colorado, traveled to a remote lake on the east coast of Baffin Island -- which sits a few hundr...

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Rejoice! Ice Free Arctic Summers Within a Decade!

Wade Norris | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Glaciers, Indonesia, Sumatra, Fossil Fuels, Arctic, Oil, Samoa, Erosion, Earthquakes, Sea Level Rise, Environmental Refugees, Ice Quakes, Ice Free Summers, Denver News
Wade Norris

Great news here! Oil companies are going to have a great opportunity to drill in the Arctic Sea floor to find more fossil fuels, because the Arctic Circle will soon be ice-free in the summers.

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In Harm's Way: The Arctic Wild

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Interior Department, Arctic Ocean, Oil, Chukchi Sea, Polar Bears, Ken Salazar, Arctic, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

Obama's crucial decisions will determine whether America's Arctic will survive and thrive or be sacrificed to destructive and dangerous oil and gas drilling.

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Green News Report - August 11, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Chevy Volt, Glaciers, Biofuels, Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Green News Report, Arizona, Toxic Waste Dumping, Arctic, Drought, National Security, Hybrid Cars, Water, Dry Cleaners, Sarah Palin, Green News, Gas Mileage, Climate Change, Alaska, Solar Power, Global Warming, Solar Thermal Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Is climate change a threat to national security?

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Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Russia, Cap and Trade, James Inhofe, Arctic Ice Melt, Green News, Algae, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, Green News Report, Deforestation, China, Biodiesel, Global Warming, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

U.S.-China summit begins today in D.C.; Arctic ice photos finally declassified... PLUS: Chicken feathers! For both biodiesel and Republican Senators..

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Green News Report - July 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, G8 Summit, President Obama, Mt. Rushmore, Arizona, Fda, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Monsanto, Arctic, Bald Eagles, Creationism, Indoor Air Quality, Green News, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama on Mt. Rushmore; Monsanto lobbyist moves to FDA; Bald eagles move to D.C....

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Russia Making Broad Claims To Arctic Energy Wealth

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, Russia, Arctic, Arctic Energy, Russia Arctic Push, Green News

MOSCOW — Russia will rebuild its Soviet-era network of polar stations and use its icebreaker fleet to help support its claim to the vast resourc...

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An Arctic Agenda for Secretary Salazar

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska, Ken Salazar, Shell Oil, Arctic, Environment, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Oil Drilling, Global Warming, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

Here's what the President and Sec. Salazar can do to make a decisive break from the "drill here, drill now" policies of the Bush administration and show Americans a new day has dawned in the Arctic.

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Just What the Doctor Ordered: Clean Energy, Public Health, and Climate Change

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Darfur, Global Warming and Health, Lancet Study, Heat Wave, The Lancet, Malaria, Malnutrition, Global Warming, Arctic, Green Energy, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Climate change has been called "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." The clean energy bill that is moving through the House right now is just what the doctor ordered.

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Tales from the Arctic and Obama's Polar Bear Decision

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bears, Polar Bears Endangered, Global Warming, Arctic Ice Melt, Arctic, Green News
Frances Beinecke

A monumental and potentially catastrophic change is happening in the North, and yet most of us have no idea what it looks like or what it means for our lives down here.

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We Need a Green New Deal

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Foreclosures, Green New Deal, Social Justice, President Obama, Carbon Emissions, New Deal, Iraq, Democrats, Ice Caps, Economic Equity, Arctic, Environment, Afghanistan, Republicans, Global Warming, Senate, Green News
Norman Solomon

Seventy-five years after the start of the New Deal, and nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, the need for basic change on behalf of social justice and ecology is clear.

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Destination: Greenland -- Lessons from the Ice

Ben Jervey | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Exploration, Greenland, Climate Change, Global Warming, Nrdc, Destination: Greenland, Arctic, Inuit, Green News
Ben Jervey

Surrounded by a vast expanse of white, the Arctic looks and feels completely untouched by man. Yet it is where the effects of our greenhouse gas emission are concentrated.

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The Next 100 Years

Giles Slade | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Migration, Megafires, Heatwaves, Freshwater Shortages, Arctic, Katrina, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Thomas L. Friedman, Cormac McCarthy, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Green Living, Green News
Giles Slade

With a confirmed global average of +4°C warming, we now know there will be devastating consequences. Within the next 40 years, there will be climate migrations right here in America.

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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CON GAMES: Double-Whammy Puts Right on Thin Ice

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Antarctica, Climate Change, Antarctic Ice Shelf, Arctic, Green News
Michael Conniff

Conservatives tend to be all but immune to inconvenient data of climate change, citing marginal studies and anecdotal evidence scientifically proven by looking out your bedroom window.

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Russia To Create Arctic Military Force

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Vladimir Putin, Russia Military, Russia Arctic Force, Russia Arctic Military Force, Arctic, World News

MOSCOW — Russia plans to create a new military force to protect its interests in the disputed Arctic region, a Kremlin strategy paper says. The...

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Take Action During a Bad Week for Polar Bears

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bears, Jane Lubchenco, Global Warming, Arctic Ice Melt, Arctic, Svalbard, Green News
Frances Beinecke

It's been a hard week for polar bears. Last Wednesday, the New York Times reported that scientists and officials from the five Arctic nations conclude...

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Arctic Commercial Fishing Ban One Step Closer

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Commercial Fishing, Fishing, Water, Arctic, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a move aimed at limiting harm to Arctic waters opened by global warming, a federal advisory board voted Thursday to ban c...

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Global Obama: Big Opportunities, Bigger Challenges

William Bradley | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Venezuela, Britain, Tunisia, Opec, Missile Shield, Iran, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Qatar, Ukraine, Arctic, Boris Johnson, Libya, Energy Future, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Germany, Petro Rush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Oil, Dmitry Medvedev, Iraq, Israel, John McCain, Natural Gas, John F. Kennedy, Joe Biden, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Poland, Politics News
William Bradley

If he wins, Obama will have the global popularity that no American president has had in a great many years.

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Palin the Frontierswoman?

Victoria Rosner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Commentary, Gender Stereotypes, Women's History, Sarah Palin, Arctic, John McCain, Political Pundits, Mary Jemison, Isabel Gunn, Annie Oakley, Barack Obama, Women in Politics, Susanna Wright, J.R. Dunn, Vice-Presidential Race, 2008 Presidential Race, John Fubbister, Hillary Clinton, Alexander Cockburn, Martha Cannary, Frontierswoman, Politics News
Victoria Rosner

Many see Palin as a frontierswoman-- a throwback to bygone Americans, those women who helped their men win the West (or in this case, the North).

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Russian President Threatens Arctic Annexation

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russian President Medvedev, Russia, Arctic, Russia Arctic Annexation, Politics News

MOSCOW — Russia's long-term development and its competitiveness in global markets depends on developing Arctic resources, President Dmitry Medve...

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WWF: Melting Arctic adds urgency to climate deal

AP | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Arctic, Melting Arctic, Wwf, Global Warming, Environment, Green News

OSLO, Norway — Data showing Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest level on record this summer underscores the need for governments to speed up tal...

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