WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed a $630.6 billion defense appropriations bill that fully funds military operations in Alaska and America’s ongoing overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to Senator Lisa Murkowski – a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and the Appropriations Committee. The bill also includes a […]
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates at least 1 million metric tonnes of rare earth element resources within the Khanneshin carbonatite in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Personal interviews with Alaska Natives in the Yukon River Basin provide unique insights on climate change and its impacts, helping develop adaptation strategies for these local communities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Murkowski today shared the podium with a bipartisan group of 35 U.S. Senators assembled to encourage the work of the 12-member “Super Committee†that has been tasked with reducing the nation’s debt – and share their thoughts about an even more aggressive path forward than originally envisioned.