Russo-Chinese Arctic war games spur US response as Alaska officials warn only strength can deter crisis
After the Army sent 130 paratroopers to a remote Aleutian island base while Russia and China conducted joint military tests offshore, Alaska leaders warned that the only response should be American power. The Army deployed the soldiers to Erlexson Air Base on Shemya Island, less than 300 miles from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, during Ocean 2024, […]
55 Democratic lawmakers ask Biden administration to expand Arctic protections
Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) More than 50 Democrats It called on the Department of the Interior to expand federal protections in the Arctic. The Interior Department in July sought comment on whether to add more protections to 23 million acres in the western Arctic. The department began designating so-called special […]
Biden administration seeks feedback on potential new Arctic drilling protections
The Biden administration is seeking input on a possible expansion of areas protected from oil and gas development in the western Arctic, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced Friday. The proposed protections could expand the area of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) that is restricted from development or identify new protected areas within existing […]