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This doomed Alaskan village shows just how unprepared we are for climate change
2014-12-15 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: It`s a Wednesday morning in late August, the first day of classes at the Shishmaref School. The doors of the pale blue building haven`t opened yet, and the new principal is hurriedly buttering toast in the kitchen for the students breakfasts. Teachers are scrambling to make last-minute adjustments to their classrooms, while anxious kids, ranging from pre-K students through high schoolers, wait on the porch, their jackets zipped against the chill of the early-morning air. It`s all so incredibly normal,...
American Indian/ Alaskan Native Percent of Total Population 1970-2010 North/Northeast Portland by Census Tract
2014-08-26 21:48:37| PortlandOnline
MP4 Video application/download, 2,913kbCategory: Additional Populations: Change in Percent of Total Population 1970-2010 North/Northeast Portland by Census Tract
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Ocean acidification poses imminent threat to Alaskan fishing communities
2014-08-09 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Keeping Alaskas fisheries wild and sustainable is going to be a serious challenge in the years ahead as our oceans become more acidic, and that in turn, is going put many Alaskans subsistence way of life at risk, says a new report. Many of the nutritionally and economically valuable marine fisheries in the state are located in waters that are already experiencing ocean acidification, says the report, Ocean Acidification Risk Assessment for Alaskas Fishery Sector that was published online...
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California Drivers Pay a Lot for Costly Alaskan Oil
2014-07-01 05:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, a gallon of regular gasoline on the West Coast averages a penny over $4, the highest price of any region in the country. Costly Alaskan oil is a key factor in these high gas prices, and that oil is gradually running out. Across the U.S., retail gas prices are the highest theyve been heading into an Independence Day weekend since 2008--although they have been higher at other seasons in the past six years. Strife in Iraq is one factor propping up the price...
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BP Pipeline Sprays Oil-Gas Mixture on 33 Acres of Alaskan Tundra
2014-05-02 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If you already thought BP was unfit to handle its own oil, an incident this week in Alaska won`t change that opinion. Alaska officials said a BP oil pipeline was somehow compromised and and resulted in the nonstop spraying of an oily mist into the wind for at least two hours. The mixture of gas, crude oil and water covered 33 acres of a frozen snow field near a BP oil well in Northern Alaska. The Associated Press reported that no wildlife had been impacted. BP spokeswoman Dawn Patience wrote...
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