In her opening statement, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said that oil and gas production is capital intensive with a long lead time before projects start production. Because of low oil […]
The Brookings Institute hosted U.S. Special Representative Admiral Papp for a discussion on what the U.S. has accomplished thus far in its chairmanship of the Arctic Council (AC) and what […]
The Marine Technology Society in conjunction with the House Oceans Caucus and the Congressional Arctic Working Group held a briefing on Technology solutions in an opening Arctic. The briefing focused […]
Briefing – Food Security in the Arctic Daniel Consenstein, State Executive Director, Alaska Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, was the featured speaker for the working group’s April 19 […]
In her opening statement, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said her committee had not conducted a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) direct oversight hearing, outside of the nominations process, for a long time, and many important […]
The Wilson Center’s Polar Initiative and the Alaska-based Institute of the North co-hosted a forum that highlighted the importance of economic development in the Arctic region, current opportunities and barriers, […]
The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series held a seminar on the new ways of collecting and integrating critical environmental intelligence to develop resilience and adaptation strategies for dealing with ocean […]
The National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) Board on Atmosphere held a briefing on the report “Next Generation Earth System Prediction: Strategies for Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts.” The full report, or […]
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Deep Dive Ms. Renee Sauvé, who serves as Chair of the Arctic Council Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group (WG), was […]
The Energy & Natural Resources (ENR) Committee held a hearing on a November 2015 Presidential Memorandum entitled “Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment.” In […]