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Trump's Plan Would Expand West Coast, Arctic Offshore Drilling
The Interior Department is proposing as many as 34 offshore lease sales, including 21 off the coast of Alaska, six along the Pacific Coast and seven in the Gulf of Mexico, renamed the Gulf of America by President Donald Trump.
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Scientists Race Against Time To Preserve "Ice Memory" For Future Studies
Scientists camped in the Arctic are set to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away due to climate change, mission organisers said on Monday.
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Russia Conducts Military Drills In Arctic Sea Near Alaska
Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic today as part of military drills designed to test Moscow's readiness for a possible conflict in its icy northern waters, the defence ministry said.
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Russia To Hold Naval Drills In Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic And Mediterranean
Russia announced Thursday it will hold huge naval drills in the Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific and Mediterranean this month and February, at a time of heightened tensions with Western nations.
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Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
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Trump Administration Readies Oil Bidding In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
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Donald Trump's Move To Open Up Arctic, Atlantic Oceans To Drilling Illegal: US Judge
US President Donald Trump's move to lift bans on drilling for oil and gas in offshore Arctic and Atlantic areas is illegal, a US judge has ruled.
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Alaska's Oil-Producing North Slope Hit By Most Powerful Earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Sunday near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where the Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling, but no injuries or damage were reported.
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Trump Administration Aims To Open Nearly All US Offshore Waters To Drilling
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all US offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, reversing protections in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific.
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Barack Obama Bans New Oil, Gas Drilling Off Alaska, Part Of Atlantic Coast
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month.
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Trump's Plan Would Expand West Coast, Arctic Offshore Drilling
The Interior Department is proposing as many as 34 offshore lease sales, including 21 off the coast of Alaska, six along the Pacific Coast and seven in the Gulf of Mexico, renamed the Gulf of America by President Donald Trump.
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Scientists Race Against Time To Preserve "Ice Memory" For Future Studies
Scientists camped in the Arctic are set to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away due to climate change, mission organisers said on Monday.
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Russia Conducts Military Drills In Arctic Sea Near Alaska
Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic today as part of military drills designed to test Moscow's readiness for a possible conflict in its icy northern waters, the defence ministry said.
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Russia To Hold Naval Drills In Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic And Mediterranean
Russia announced Thursday it will hold huge naval drills in the Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific and Mediterranean this month and February, at a time of heightened tensions with Western nations.
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Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
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Trump Administration Readies Oil Bidding In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
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Donald Trump's Move To Open Up Arctic, Atlantic Oceans To Drilling Illegal: US Judge
US President Donald Trump's move to lift bans on drilling for oil and gas in offshore Arctic and Atlantic areas is illegal, a US judge has ruled.
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Alaska's Oil-Producing North Slope Hit By Most Powerful Earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Sunday near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where the Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling, but no injuries or damage were reported.
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Trump Administration Aims To Open Nearly All US Offshore Waters To Drilling
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all US offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, reversing protections in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific.
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Barack Obama Bans New Oil, Gas Drilling Off Alaska, Part Of Atlantic Coast
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month.
