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Arctic states meeting to discuss allocation of seabed drilling rights
Allyson Amster
May 27, 2008 11:02:00 am

The five states that border the Arctic - Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the US - will meet in Greenland Wednesday to discuss plans to divide harvesting rights to resources and minerals on the Arctic seabed. Under...

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Alaska filing legal challenge to polar bear endangered species listing
Allyson Amster
May 22, 2008 10:27:00 pm

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced Thursday that her office intends to launch a court challenge to last week's listing of the polar bear on the US endangered species list. The suit will be filed in...

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