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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just got a reprieve—but it’s not safe yet
The U.S. recently announced it would suspend oil and gas leases in a pristine Alaskan ecosystem. But many environmental battles await the million-acre refuge.
In Alaska, climate research struggles to incorporate Indigenous knowledge
Tribal communities are often the first affected by climate change. But their expertise and lived experiences are underappreciated by standard scientific research.
The stakes of Trump’s push to sell oil drilling rights in the Arctic refuge
Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project
To save way of life, Native defenders push to protect the Arctic refuge
In an e360 interview, Gwich'in elder Sarah James talks about the Trump administration's move to open these lands to development and why the fate of the refuge and of her people are intertwined.
Threshold: The refuge
The Threshold podcast closes out two years of Arctic reporting with a special series about the 40-year fight over drilling for oil in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The final episode explores tensions around oil and climate.