Tag: Arctic

Study links polar vortex chills to melting sea ice

Seth Borenstein · September 2, 2014 6:18 pm

The Interior Department sent draft regulations for drilling in the Arctic Ocean to the Office of Management and Budget, setting the stage for a future battle over the strength of the safeguards. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama administration takes step toward issuing Arctic drilling rules

Zack Colman · August 18, 2014 12:49 pm

Remember the polar bear floating on the melting chunk of ice? It's among the most enduring symbols of global warming. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Morning Examiner: Uh oh! Scientists to concede polar bear numbers are really just guesses

Mark Tapscott · June 5, 2014 1:18 pm

This image made available by environmental organization Greenpeace shows activists boarding a rig contracted by Russia's Gazprom in the port of IJmuiden, Netherlands, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Greenpeace said 30 activists in the Dutch port of IJmuiden on Tuesday boarded a rig contracted by Russia's Gazprom to drill in the Pechora Sea. Greenpeace said they were removed after five hours. (AP Photo/Bas Beentjes, Greenpeace) NO ARCHIVE

Greenpeace boards 2 drill rigs in Arctic protest

Mark Lewis · May 27, 2014 4:00 pm

Interior releases timeline for Arctic lease review

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 9:39 pm

This undated handout photo provided by NASA shows the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctic.

Energy and Environment

NASA spots worrisome Antarctic ice sheet melt

The Associated Press · May 12, 2014 6:55 pm

Oil and gas pipelines run into Alyeska's trans-Alaska oil pipeline pump station one on Alaska's North Slope Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, near Deadhorse, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

Energy and Environment

Don’t let politics ruin Alaska’s energy future

Anthony Sadar · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Another blast of arctic air follows latest snow

Ben Nuckols · March 4, 2014 8:30 am

Flint Hills says North Pole Refinery will close

Dan Joling · February 5, 2014 3:08 am

The mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by tugs in high winds and high seas some 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, in December 2012. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Energy and Environment

After a year on ice, Shell looks to Arctic drilling

Zack Colman · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel either misunderstands or is purposely misusing a federal law that allows oil exploration and drilling in a coastal corner of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is challenging Jewel. (AP PHOTO/Illustration by ESRI)

Showdown in the Arctic: Alaska challenges Obama

Ron Arnold · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

This aerial image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, Incident Management Team commander, observing the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground during an overflight off a small island near Kodiak Island Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. No leak has been seen from the drilling ship that grounded off the island during a storm, officials said Wednesday, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Sara Francis)

Energy and Environment

Critics say grounding shows Arctic drilling danger

Dan Joling · January 2, 2013 5:00 am