Canadian Coast Guard to get two new Arctic patrol ships
The Canadian government will build two new Arctic and offshore patrol ships for its Coast Guard, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday.
These ships...
U.S. Arctic defense strategy ramps up rhetoric without committing resources, experts...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its updated Arctic strategy last week. The 19-page document focuses on the threats posed by Russia and...
Alaska’s biggest city adopts a climate change plan to cope with...
The Trump administration has largely abandoned work to combat climate change at the federal government level, and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, sworn into office...
Trump administration will hold Arctic refuge oil lease sales this year,...
After decades of oil development prohibitions in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Trump administration is poised to start auctioning off oil leases within...
Canadian Inuit challenge US stance on Northwest Passage
The Inuit Circumpolar Council–Canada is pushing back at U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s assertion that Canada’s claim to the Northwest Passage is “illegitimate.”
“The...
The US Coast Guard’s new Arctic strategy highlights geopolitics and security
The U.S. Coast Guard's new Arctic Strategic Outlook, released on Monday, shows a shift in focus toward geopolitical and security concerns in the region.
The...
Trump administration schedules another Arctic oil lease sale amid push for...
The Trump administration is putting oil leases for 3.98 million acres of federal lands in Arctic Alaska on the auction block next month, part...
When the U.S. Navy ended its climate task force, Arctic issues...
Earlier this year, the U.S. Navy quietly stood down Task Force Climate Change, the decade-long mission to understand and plan for rapid environmental changes...
Will the Arctic Council begin addressing national security?
This year’s Arctic Council ministerial meeting showcased increasingly complicated issues in the region — from national security to climate change and more — and...
After 60 years in Alaska, BP announces sell-off and exit from...
The oil giant that operates the anchor oil field on the North Slope in Alaska's Arctic is exiting the state and selling all of...
