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Alaska

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

The Bureau of Land Management is inviting public input on ConocoPhillips’ Willow project on the North Slope, following a court reversal on leases it approved last year in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Pipelines extend across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska, 36 miles from the Willow Master Development Plan located in the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska's North Slope. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images.
A beavers swims in Denali National Park in Alaska. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

The shadow of a bush plane falls on the landscape of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The reserve includes the proposed Willow project. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

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

Dalton Highway and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline are seen in Alaska. Credit: DeAgostini/Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline crosses the Yukon River July 21, 2002 near Dalton Highway in Fairbanks, Alaska. Credit: Barry Williams/Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

A part of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is seen on Sept. 17, 2019 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

The Trans Alaska Pipeline System stands near Copperville, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

An aerial view from a drone shows how close some of the homes are to the lagoon on Sept. 13, 2019 in Kivalina, Alaska. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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

By Dalia Faheid

A lone oil barrell in the tundra near the National Petroleum Reserve. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

Emily Choy releases a thick-billed murre after measuring its physiological response to heat on Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada. Credit: Douglas Noblet

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

By Haley Dunleavy

Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alyeska pipleline) running through landscape with Mountain range in the distance in Alaska. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

The Matanuska glacier is seen on Sept. 7, 2019 near Palmer, Alaska. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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

By Haley Dunleavy

Algal bloom, Ukraine. Credit: Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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

By Haley Dunleavy

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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

By Marianne Lavelle

More lightning from storms in the warming north could spark more wildfires that release more carbon dioxide and devastate ecosystems, a new study found. Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Projected Surge of Lightning Spells More Wildfire Trouble for the Arctic

By Bob Berwyn

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Credit: Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump's Interior Department Pressures Employees to Approve Seismic Testing in ANWR

By Sabrina Shankman

Orthopedic surgeon Al Gross (left) is running against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to represent Alaska in the Senate. Credit: Al Gross; Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images

Senate 2020: In Alaska, a Controversy Over an Embattled Mine Has Tightened the Race

By Sabrina Shankman

People kayaking in Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Moves to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Logging

By Katelyn Weisbrod

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of six major mining and drilling projects the Trump Administration aims to push forward in Alaska. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Getty Images

What Has Trump Done to Alaska? Not as Much as He Wanted To

By Sabrina Shankman

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