14 November 2011 –The living conditions of millions of children across East Asia and the Pacific will be worsened by climate change, says a United Nations report released today, which argues that rising temperatures put children at greater risk of contracting diseases such as cholera and malaria, and natural disasters negatively affect their livelihoods and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Oceans Caucus co-chair Senator Murkowski today announced that Dr. Jeremy Mathis – head of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Ocean Acidification Research Center – will be the first expert to address the U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus at its first meeting Thursday. “Alaska has more miles of coastline than the rest of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, sent letters to Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Office of Management and Budget Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein regarding the lack of response to previous questions about the proposed Mercury and Air Toxic Standards or “Utility MACT rule.â€
BOULDER, COLORADO-A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia.