Mar 10 Before CNN tells Miles O’Brien’s story, watch his 3 reports on bionic arms By Jenny Marder Tonight, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta will host a documentary about our science correspondent, Miles O’Brien, and the days and months that followed the freak accident that took his left arm — and nearly his life. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 1:00 Iditarod imports snow for race’s slushy start By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, high temperatures meant there wasn’t enough snow on the ground at start of the annual thousand-mile Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska. Snow was brought in just for the weekend’s opening festivities. Continue watching
Feb 24 It’s now legal to take a toke in Alaska By News Desk Alaska became the third U.S. state, along with Washington and Colorado, to legalize recreational use of marijuana on Tuesday, but it still is illegal to smoke marijuana in public. Continue reading
Jan 27 Obama floats offering first-ever drilling lease in Atlantic By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration floated a plan Tuesday that for the first time would open up a broad swath of the Atlantic Coast to drilling, even as it moved to restrict drilling in environmentally-sensitive areas off Alaska. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 9:04 Obama proposal to expand protection for Arctic wildlife refuge sparks backlash By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 25 Obama will seek wilderness designation for Alaska refuge By Associated Press President Barack Obama says he will ask Congress to designate more than 12 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including the Coastal Plain, as a wilderness area. Continue reading
Jan 16 In the Alaskan tundra, scientists dig up dirt on future climate change By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy For thousands of years, Arctic grasses and plants have taken carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. When the plants die, they are frozen in the tundra soil, making a vault of trapped carbon. As the planet warms, the vault is opening,… Continue reading
Jan 08 Senate approves Keystone bill despite Obama’s veto threat By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a key Senate committee Thursday, setting up a floor debate next week as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on President Barack Obama to rescind his veto threat. Continue reading
Dec 10 FAA issues commercial drone permits to 4 more companies By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Under pressure from Congress to speed access to U.S. skies for commercial drones, the government granted four companies permission Wednesday to use drones for aerial surveillance, construction site monitoring and oil rig flare stack inspections. Continue reading