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The northern lights glow behind a Patriot missile M903 launcher station in Alaska

World Apr 23

Tensions rise as nations race for valuable resources in the Arctic

By Lisa Desjardins, Andrew Corkery, Azhar Merchant

Politics Mar 13

The ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. building overlooks the frozen Westchester Lagoon on a winter's evening in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. Feb. 10, 2020. File photo by Yereth Rosen/Reuters
Biden administration approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

Climate activists say allowing oil company ConocoPhillips to move forward with the drilling plan would break Biden’s campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on public lands.

By Matthew Daly, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Science Jan 09

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In previously protected Alaskan refuge, auctions begin for drilling

In a live-streamed auction in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, federal officials accepted bids for leases to explore oil and gas across 1.6 million acres of land—land that, until 2017, had been protected from fossil fuel development as part of the…

By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber

Economy Feb 25

JPMorgan cuts back lending to coal companies and Arctic drillers

The bank will only lend to power companies to build coal power plants when the design includes carbon capture technology and will not finance new projects involving oil and gas development in the Arctic.

By Ken Sweet, Associated Press

Politics Dec 02

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We took your questions about the Senate tax bill. Here are the answers

What about the deficit? What happens to the Affordable Care Act? You had questions and NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins answered them.

By Lisa Desjardins and Corinne Segal

May 27

Trump’s budget renews debate on Arctic refuge oil drilling

By Dan Joling, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's plan to help balance the federal budget features a new attempt to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to petroleum drilling.

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