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Amid rapid Arctic warming, U.S. releases new strategy
2013-05-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: With ministers from the eight Arctic states meeting Wednesday in Kiruna, Sweden, for the 2013 ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, the Obama administration has laid out a broad new U.S. Arctic policy that sets strategic goals for how the U.S. will cope with the rapidly changing region. The "National Strategy for the Arctic Region' features the conflicting goals of accessing some of the Arctic's potentially abundant natural resources -- such as oil, gas, and minerals -- and the need to protect...
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