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Palin’s role in Arctic claims questioned

Oct 2

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Russian attempts to claim part of the Arctic Ocean seabed have given Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unique foreign policy experience, the McCain-Palin campaign says, but there is no evidence she has ever been involved with or spoken publicly about them. more »

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Polar bears resort to cannibalism as Arctic ice shrinks

Sep 23

Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it’s been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice.

“It’s definitely a bad report. We did pick up little bit from last year, but this is over 30 percent below what used to be normal,” said Walt Meier, a research scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. more »

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U.S. says Russia’s decision to mark Arctic boundary is an internal affair

Sep 19

WASHINGTON — The United States says Russia’s decision to delineate its southern Arctic boundary appears to be an internal administrative move that will have no standing in international law. more »

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John McCain, Sarah Palin, And The Issues At Hand

Sep 13

One of them is a believer in the man-made nature of climate change; the other is on record as being a global warming doubter. One wants to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the other would like to open it up to potential oil and natural gas exploration. One supports stem cell research, the other flatly rejects it. Their differences on several policy areas are stark and hard to ignore, which wouldn’t be a problem except for one thing: these two are running on the Republican ticket in November. As President and Vice President, respectively. How will the two reconcile their policy inconsistencies? And will they be able to do so in the next two months? more »

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New battle over Arctic oil plans

Sep 11

The grey waters of the Arctic Ocean are the scene for a new battle over plans for a huge expansion in the drilling of oil and gas far beyond the Alaskan shore.

With the Arctic ice-cap (news.bbc.co.uk) melting far beyond average for the second year running - and with US petrol prices above $4 per gallon - there’s growing pressure to exploit the reserves beneath the seabed. more »

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