When the the 260-foot-long Eco Edison launches next year, it will serve as floating housing for U.S. offshore wind technicians and a warehouse for their tools.
Internal records from the BLM contradict what its chief told Congress about a plan to ship 200 D.C.-based career staff out West. The plan would weaken the agency, which stands between federal lands and oil, gas and mineral companies.
The Arctic is generally considered an early warning system for the impact of climate change, and scientists are hoping this expedition will raise their understanding of it to a whole new level.
