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Obama snapped a photo of Denali from Air Force One and posted it on Instagram shortly before meeting with a group of native leaders on the ground.

“And that second is almost upon us”. He’ll then trek through wilderness while being taped for an episode of the NBC show “Running Wild with Bear Grylls”, which tests celebrities on their survival skills. But Obama’s blogging is sending another...

Shell had received conditional approval at the end of July to only drill into the top sections of the Burger J and Burger V wells, as the capping stack was not on location.

In August, after years of lobbying, Shell received a controversial permit from the Obama administration that allows the company to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic.

Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, opponents of Obama on climate and energy issues, thanked the president and applauded the name change.

The polar bear, named Aurora after the northern lights seen in the Arctic, has been roaring through Shell’s front door at intervals.

Warming waters in the Arctic may bring devastating consequences such as: unsafe rise of sea levels, loss of habitats of many animals, alarming climate change, etc. But it may also open the path for new advantages the land can offer.

Alaska: Addressing a Arctic climate change conference in Alaska, Barack Obama made an urgent plea to the world to identify the dangers of global warming.

“In visiting the U.S. Arctic, President Obama is clearly demonstrating that the United States is an Arctic nation with a stake in the region’s future”, said Margaret Williams, Managing Director of U.S. Arctic Programs at the World Wildlife Fund. “This trip...