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Report: Alaska military sites vulnerable climate-change impacts
2014-07-01 02:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: Several U.S. military sites are vulnerable to rising temperatures and seas as well as other impacts of climate change, and the Department of Defense should do more to protect its facilities, said a federal report issued Monday by the Government Accountability Office. The report examined 15 military facilities around the nation, including several in Alaska. Investigators worked for a year to assess climate change impacts at those sites and the militarys work to adapt and protect infrastructure....
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Contractors nearly finished with new Alaska bridge
2014-07-01 01:57:29| Railroads - Topix.net
Mark Peterburs, project director for the Tanana River Northern Rail Extension, said the 3,300-foot bridge will be completed on time and under its $156 million budget.
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Point-Counterpoint: SB 21 promises prosperous future for Alaska small businesses
2014-06-29 08:16:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
There is no bigger issue for small businesses in Alaska right now than oil tax reform.
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Why do two major Alaska rivers flow north?
2014-06-29 00:47:16| Railroads - Topix.net
The Nenana River flows northward, though the Alaska Range, when it seems it should flow south.
Floods in Alaska national park prompt emergency evacuations
2014-06-28 02:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 100 tourists and workers have been airlifted out of a private lodge in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve after floods washed out portions of a road and left them stranded, a National Park Service spokeswoman said on Friday. The group was evacuated late on Thursday by four fixed-wing airplanes and two helicopters after rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday morning caused two nearby shallow creeks to swell, said park spokeswoman Kris Fister. The creeks turned into a "confluence...
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