Natural Resources
Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge
The Trump administration on Friday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases…
Weekend video: Iceland lost its forests. Can it get them back?
What do you do if you get lost in an Icelandic forest? Stand up.…
US company raises $70 million for oil exploration in east Greenland
An American energy company has raised $70 million to fund two exploration wells in…
A stand-off is brewing over land access in Sweden’s Arctic. What’s at stake?
Last month the head of Sweden’s Christian Democrats, Ebba Busch, wrote an op-ed in…
An underwater airplane hunter wants to unearth Alaska’s offshore minerals
The Trump administration could open federal waters off Alaska to mineral leasing, but the…
The Arctic has the minerals the world wants. Communities should decide the terms
The global rush for critical minerals is reaching the Arctic. Whether it benefits the…
‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture
A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its…
Don’t let political drama about Greenland distract from Svalbard
While Greenland grabs the headlines, it could be argued that a bigger story is…
