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Arctic Report July 21, 2017

July 21, 2017 By In Arctic Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Climate Change & Environment, Coastal Erosion, Congress, Economic Development, Fisheries, House Committee Hearing, Indigenous Affairs, Infrastructure, International Relations, Law of the Sea, Maritime, National Security, Natural Resource Extraction, Oil & Gas Development, Science & Research, Shipping, State of Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard, Uncategorized, Wildlife No Comments

Report Contains:
Notes from the United State Arctic Research Commission’s 107th Meeting
Highlights from the 7th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations
Icebreaker Amendment Voted Down – House Appropriations Committee Homeland Security Appropriations FY2018 Markup
America’s Arctic Economic Ambitions: Opportunities and Limitations – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Hearing on Opening ANWR to Drilling – House Committee on Natural Resources
Arctic News Roundup

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Arctic Update March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017 By In Alaska Native, Arctic Council, Climate Change & Environment, Congress, Fisheries, Indigenous Affairs, Infrastructure, International Relations, Law of the Sea, National Security, Senate Committee Hearing No Comments

Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Report: Arctic Imperative, Reinforcing U.S Strategy on America’s Fourth Coast – Council on Foreign Relations
State of the Coast Guard: Ensuring Military, National Security, and Enforcement Capability and Readiness – Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard

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Arctic Report August 4, 2016

August 4, 2016 By In Alaska Native, Fisheries, Indigenous Affairs, Law of the Sea, State of Alaska, Traditional Knowledge No Comments

Susan “Sudie” Hargis, Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Coast Guard’s 17th District (Alaska), spoke about tribal relations in Alaska—relating specifically to incident response, search and rescue, and subsistence hunting—as part of a speaker series sponsored by the Committee on Marine Transportation System in Washington D.C. on Aug. 4.
Hargis described the history and complex nature of government-tribal relations in Alaska.

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Council on Foreign Relations Expert Discussion on National Security Risks in the Changing Arctic

June 8, 2016 By In Alaska Native, Climate Change & Environment, Economic Development, Energy, International Relations, Law of the Sea, National Security, Public-Private Partnerships, Science & Research, Shipping, State of Alaska, Transportation, Uncategorized No Comments

June 9, 2016 – Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC Speakers: Mark F. BrzezinskiExecutive Director, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, The White House Lisa Murkowski, Chairman, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. […]

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Polar Research Board Fall Meeting

December 4, 2015 By In Climate Change & Environment, Coastal Erosion, Conventional Energy, Economic Development, Energy, Fisheries, Infrastructure, International Relations, Law of the Sea, Permafrost, Public-Private Partnerships, Renewable Energy, Science & Research, Sea Level Rise No Comments

December 3-4, 2015 – Washington, D.C. The National Academies of Sciences convened its Polar Research Board in Washington, DC on Dec. 3-4 to review recent Arctic and Antarctic research. — […]

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Transportation Research Board's Fall Meeting – Focus Session: Responding to Emergencies in the Arctic

November 12, 2015 By In Climate Change & Environment, Economic Development, I.M.O. Polar Code, Infrastructure, International Relations, Law of the Sea, Maritime, National Security, Public-Private Partnerships, Science & Research, Shipping, State of Alaska, Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard No Comments

November 12, 2015 – National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. The following speakers spoke about responding to emergencies from their point of expertise, followed by a discussion involving all board […]

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