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A Matter of Great Export Arctic Refuge oil could be sent overseas		19 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
A Matter of Great Export Arctic Refuge oil could be sent overseas A portentous U.S. commitment, sold with slogans about freedom and national security, that turns out to be all about the oil industry. No, not that one. We're talking about drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Drilling proponents cite the fact that the U.S. imports most of the oil it uses, thus leaving it dependent on some rather g ...
Topics: Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil (all these topics)

No Refuge Is an Island Arctic Refuge drilling debate misses the big picture	Robert L. Fischman	12 Apr 2005	Soapbox
Sun-drenched Pelican Island in Florida is about as far from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as you can get in the United States. At first blush, the 5,000-acre warm marsh would seem to have little connection to the 19 million-acre stretch of mountains and tundra. But they are inextricably linked. A buff-breasted sandpiper. © Subhankar Banerjee, from his book Arctic National Wildlife ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, mining and drilling, wetlands, wilderness (all these topics)

Crude Awakening An open letter to Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska	Terry Tempest Williams	18 Mar 2005	Soapbox
Dear Sen. Stevens, This week you got your wish: a 51 to 49 vote against the Cantwell amendment and in favor of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo: Ken Whitten, Wilderness Society. The crude minds have spoken. Finally. You told your colleagues and anyone else who would listen that you have been clinically depressed for 24 years -- the same 24 y ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, oil, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics)

Caribou-Hoo-Hoo Senate votes to open Arctic Refuge to drilling	Amanda Griscom Little	16 Mar 2005	Muckraker
Stickin' it to the porcupine caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo: Ken Whitten, Wilderness Society. Oil companies are closing in on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In a crushing blow to those who have fought for some 25 years to preserve the unspoiled Alaskan wildland, the Senate voted today to clear the way for oil and gas drilling within the Arctic Refuge. By a 51-49 vote, they rejected a ...
Topics: Arctic, Arctic Refuge, energy, Muckraker, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

The Polar Distress Grizzly bears encroaching on polar bear habitat		16 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Polar Distress Grizzly bears encroaching on polar bear habitat Polar bears have been having a rough time of it lately, what with global warming melting their habitat and PCBs tainting their food sources. Now they've got a new problem to worry about: Grizzly bears have been spotted as far north as Canada's Melville Island, 600 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Scientists say the far-north grizzlies seem to be adapting well to life ...
Topics: Arctic, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Bummer Senate votes in favor of drilling in Arctic Refuge		16 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Bummer Senate votes in favor of drilling in Arctic Refuge Oil companies are closing in on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In a crushing blow to those who have long fought to preserve the unspoiled Alaskan wildland, the Senate this afternoon voted 51-49 against an amendment by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) that would have stripped from a budget bill a provision clearing the way for oil and gas drilling in t ...
Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics)

The Idiotarod Republicans are after the Arctic Refuge again		10 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Idiotarod Republicans are after the Arctic Refuge again Undeterred by consistent public opposition and bipartisan objections, a number of Republicans are once again attempting to get oil drillers into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Senate Budget Committee Chair Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) slipped ANWR into a budget resolution yesterday, which unlike standard legislation cannot be defeated by a filibuster. O ...
Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics)

Because it's there	David Roberts	24 Feb 2005	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, Arctic Refuge, energy, oil, politics (all these topics)

Imaginary Numbers Bush's new budget relies on imaginary Arctic Refuge revenue		08 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Imaginary Numbers Bush's new budget relies on imaginary Arctic Refuge revenue You're the president, you've promised to cut the country's enormous deficit in half by the end of your term, and you're required to produce a budget showing how you're going to do it. You've got a Congress that hasn't consented to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, enormously expensive wars going in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a ...
Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, politics (all these topics)

Counter-Inuitive Eskimos cast global warming as human-rights issue		15 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
Counter-Inuitive Eskimos cast global warming as human-rights issue The Inuit people of the Arctic are trying to shift the debate on global warming, casting it as a human-rights issue rather than a purely environmental one. They plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the U.S., by spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and warming the planet, is threatening their existence. Though ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, United States (all these topics)

No McCain, No Gain McCain ruffles GOP feathers with continued calls for action on climate change	Amanda Griscom Little	24 Nov 2004	Muckraker
McCain gets heated up. Presiding over his final hearing as chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee last week, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered a feisty swan song assuring GOP colleagues and environmentalists alike that he won't be giving up his fight for climate-change regulations anytime soon -- even if the Bush administration and ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, John McCain, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

The Polar Excess Comprehensive new study confirms that global warming is devastating Arctic		01 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
The Polar Excess Comprehensive new study confirms that global warming is devastating Arctic For the handful of people left in the world who don't yet believe it, a comprehensive new study should remove all doubt that the Arctic is being ravaged by global warming. The four-year study, commissioned by eight nations with Arctic territory (including the U.S.), was conducted by nearly 300 scientists as well as representatives from native commun ...
Topics: Arctic, climate (all these topics)

Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee With Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) retiring at the end of this year, the plum leadership spot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to go to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a true friend of the energy industry if ever there was one. Barton has received more campaign contributions from the energy sector than ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Pombo Magic Unlikely Proposal Would Fund Transportation Through ANWR Drilling		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

I Am the Toxic Walrus Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants		13 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
I Am the Toxic Walrus Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants Toxic industrial chemicals, carried north by wind, ocean, and river currents, are polluting the traditional diet of native Arctic peoples in Greenland and Arctic Canada. The pollutants, including PCBs and up to 200 other hazardous compounds, are first consumed by zooplankton, then trav ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, food and agriculture, health, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Arctic Circle of Friends Rebel Foam Manufacturer Faces Difficulties in Greening His Industry		22 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Arctic Circle of Friends Rebel Foam Manufacturer Faces Difficulties in Greening His Industry A new international project to clean up the Russian Arctic was unveiled in London today, and enviros say it's about time. Although the entire Arctic suffers from contamination by poisonous heavy metals, radioactive leaks, and industrial chemicals, the Russian portion of the region is worse off than any other. The $30 mi ...
Topics: Arctic, pollution and waste, Russia, toxics (all these topics)

The Ice, Man, Cometh Arctic's Biggest Ice Shelf Breaks Apart, Signaling Increased Warming		23 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Ice, Man, Cometh Arctic's Biggest Ice Shelf Breaks Apart, Signaling Increased Warming A 3,000-year-old ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, has broken into pieces over the past two years, highlighting significant warming trends, according to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters. Scientists said they couldn't determine whether the melting was related to increased ...
Topics: Arctic, Arctic Ocean, climate, energy (all these topics)

Overheard at the North Pole ...	Suzy Becker	27 Jan 2003	Ha.

Topics: Arctic, climate, ozone (all these topics)

Polar Bear Market		10 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Polar Bear Market The polar bear -- that pinnacle of megafauna adulation -- could disappear from the planet this century as a result of global warming, according to a top scientist. The Arctic-dwelling animal, which is the world's largest land predator, is thought to be particularly susceptible to climate change because it relies on floating sea ice to catch seals and hitch lifts from feeding grounds back to denning area ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Green Unpleasant Land		09 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Green Unpleasant Land A record quantity of northern polar ice was lost this year, according to scientists who presented their findings at a conference of the American Geophysical Union held this weekend in San Francisco. Surface melt in Greenland, for example, was the highest in recorded history, and extended to previously unaffected altitudes. In total, there were about 265,000 square miles of melt on the Greenland ice ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, Greenland, ozone (all these topics)

Half and Half		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Half and Half In the interest of living up to our reputation for providing the occasional sliver of cheery environmental news, Grist is pleased to report that notwithstanding rampant ecological degradation, nearly half of the land on Earth remains undeveloped and unpopulated, according to an international study released earlier this week. The study -- the most comprehensive such ...
Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, Conservation International, land degradation, wildlife (all these topics)

Old Flame		26 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Old Flame The chemicals in fire-resistant products help keep your home safe -- but they appear to be endangering species in the Norwegian Arctic. Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are showing up in high concentrations in the region's polar bears, whose cubs have a lower survival rate than elsewhere, as well as in the eggs of local seabirds, which area residents have been advised not to eat. Other affected species in ...
Topics: Arctic, marine life, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Who's the Unfairest of Them All		05 Jun 2002	Daily Grist
Who's the Unfairest of Them All A major gas field development in the Arctic Circle's Barents Sea has won official approval from the European Free Trade Area, much to the dismay of environmentalists. Norway's state-owned energy group Statoil is running the $5.8 billion project, which will be the first commercial exploration of fossil fuel in the region and Europe's fi ...
Topics: Arctic, commercial and industry organizations, marine life, mining and drilling, Norway (all these topics)

The Hunt for Cold October		15 May 2002	Daily Grist
The Hunt for Cold October That's all fine and dandy for panda bears, but the outlook is grimmer for their northern (non)cousins, polar bears. Polar bears face a number of threats -- widespread habitat fragmentation, pollution, excessive hunting -- but the most serious menace of all is climate change, according to a report issued yesterday by the World Wildlife Fund. Rising temperatures at the top of the world are melt ...
Topics: Arctic, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Good As Goldman		22 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
Good As Goldman Three Gwich'in Native Americans who battled oil development in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have been doubly rewarded for their efforts: Last week, the Senate voted to block oil drilling in the refuge, and today, the activists are being honored with this year's Goldman Prize, the world's biggest ...
Topics: Arctic, deforestation, energy, environmental restoration, logging, mining and drilling, Poland, Puerto Rico, Somalia, Thailand (all these topics)

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