They came, they drilled, they withdrew. In a surprise move, the oil giant Shell this week announced a halt to exploration for oil and gas under the Ch

As China and Russia boost their military presence in the resource-rich far north, U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to study potential threats

Fact SheetOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCSeptember 1, 2015 Global leaders convened at GLACIER to highlight international and domestic priorit

When native Alaskans speak, the feeling, according to Edward Itta, is that no-one is listening.Addressing the Arctic Encounters Symposium in February,

Executive Summary To this day, the general public thinks of the Arctic in visions of unspoiled ocean and landscapes, expansive ice, clean water, uniqu

A historic milestone for marine safety and the protection of Arctic people and the marine environment in polar waters will be reached when the Interna

President Barack Obama has a new plan to fight global warming, and science is on his side, isn't it? No, not exactly. But wait, calculations show the

The Obama administration on Sunday unveiled a tougher climate change rule for power plants, demanding that generators cut their carbon dioxide output

July 30, 2015 - 6:51am - By Egill Thor Nielsson and Dr Bjarni Mar MagnussonOn July 16 the so-called ‘Arctic five’ countries signed a “Declaration conc

Victoria Herrmann Today, the phrase ‘Arctic energy’ has become synonymous with snowy oil rigs, icy ocean exploration, and Greenpeace activists. The re