Alaska

Biden Approves ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project to Drill Oil in the Alaskan Arctic

Despite the administration’s announcement of new protections for other North Slope and coastal areas of the state, environmentalists roundly criticized Monday’s decision.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Aman Azhar

Biden Administration Allows Controversial Arctic Oil Project to Proceed

By Nicholas Kusnetz

After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska

By Max Graham

The Biden Administration Rethinks its Approach to Drilling on Public Lands in Alaska, Soliciting Further Review

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Beavers Are Flooding the Warming Alaskan Arctic, Threatening Fish, Water and Indigenous Traditions

By David Hasemyer

ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Extracting Half-a-Billion Barrels of Crude in Alaska’s Fragile Arctic Presents a Defining Moment for Joe Biden

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Alaska’s Dalton Highway Is Threatened by Climate Change and Facing a Highly Uncertain Future

By David Hasemyer

Unleashed by Warming, Underground Debris Fields Threaten to ‘Crush’ Alaska’s Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

Concerns Linger Over a Secretive Texas Company That Owns the Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

Raging Flood Waters Driven by Climate Change Threaten the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

Indigenous Tribes Facing Displacement in Alaska and Louisiana Say the U.S. Is Ignoring Climate Threats

By Dalia Faheid

A Federal Judge’s Rejection of a Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project is the Latest Reversal of Trump Policy

By Georgina Gustin

Can Arctic Animals Keep Up With Climate Change? Scientists are Trying to Find Out

By Haley Dunleavy

Thawing Permafrost has Damaged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Poses an Ongoing Threat

By David Hasemyer

Ice Dam Bursts Threaten to Increase Sunny Day Floods as Hotter Temperatures Melt Glaciers

By Haley Dunleavy

To Understand How Warming is Driving Harmful Algal Blooms, Look to Regional Patterns, Not Global Trends

By Haley Dunleavy

In Two Opposite Decisions on Alaska Oil Drilling, Biden Walks a Difficult Path in Search of Bipartisanship

By Marianne Lavelle

Projected Surge of Lightning Spells More Wildfire Trouble for the Arctic

By Bob Berwyn