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Aug 18

Obama administration approves Arctic drilling ahead of president’s visit to Alaska

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's approval of the final permit to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean clashes with the message President Barack Obama will deliver when he visits Alaska to emphasize the dangers of climate change, some environmental…

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Apr 21

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Designing a dress of rose petals and horse hair

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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.

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Mar 09

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Iditarod imports snow for race’s slushy start

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jan 26

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Obama proposal to expand protection for Arctic wildlife refuge sparks backlash

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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.

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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,…

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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.

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