Leaders from Alaska's St. Lawrence Island take contamination claims to U.N. Tribes from the Bering Sea isle say they’re living — and dying— with the toxic legacy of Cold War military installations. A U.N. special rapporteur is considering their case.

The tribal governments of Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea say they’re living with the toxic legacy of Cold War military installations on their land, and this week they took their complaint to the United Nations special rapporteur on toxics and human rights.

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Denmark to 'buy, buy, buy' military gear, prime minister says Denmark will increase its military budget by a combined 50 billion crowns ($6.99 billion) this year and next to address acute shortcomings, most notably in surface-to-air missile defence systems, the prime minister said on Wednesday.

“Frederiksen on Monday said Russia had become a threat to all of Europe and called on each country to ramp up defence spending to protect themselves while also increasing their support for Ukraine.” #Denmark #NATO #Russia #Ukraine www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Tech Tuesday: How is your digital identity preserved after you die? We learn how your digital identity can be preserved, through emails, social media and other files, once you die.

🎙️Tune in as CCS non-resident research fellow @marisolmaddox.bsky.social covers all things #Greenland —including its history, sovereignty issues, and #climatesecurity risks—for WOSU Public Media’s All Sides with Amy Juravich.

Murkowski says Congress needs to assert its authority, to limit Trump Alaska's senior U.S. senator says Trump is overstepping as he dismantles agencies. She offered no fail-safe way to keep the president in his constitutional lane.

“To have the executive basically come in & dismantle something that was legislatively created- that's outside the bounds of the executive,” she said. “So it requires us, in the legislative branch, to then assert our responsibility, which is to not cede the authority” alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

Denmark offers to buy California in response to Trump’s Greenland ambitions - ArcticToday If Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland, why shouldn’t Denmark buy California? That’s the premise of “Denmarkification,” a (probably) satirical campaign launched by Danes who are flipping the script on...

😂 "We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills, and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal health care and fact based politics might apply."
#Denmark #Arctic #Greenland #California

www.arctictoday.com/denmark-offe...

Tech Tuesday: How is your digital identity preserved after you die? We learn how your digital identity can be preserved, through emails, social media and other files, once you die.

@marisolmaddox.bsky.social provides a masterclass on Greenland, climate change, critical minerals & geopolitics in this excellent interview (she’s the story before the digital identity one).

Thanks Erin!

Akeeagok, other premiers arrive in Washington to counter Trump’s threats Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Canada’s 12 other premiers arrived in Washington, D.C., Tuesday where they plan to present a united front and make the case over two days for strengthening Canada-U.S...

"Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Canada’s 12 other premiers arrived in Washington, D.C., Tuesday where they plan to present a united front and make the case over two days for strengthening Canada-U.S. relations."

#Canada #tariffs #NORAD #infrastructure #Arctic
nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...

Here’s what we know about the victims of the Bering Air plane crash The 10 Alaskans killed in the crash near Nome include a mentor to new teachers, a school counselor and two Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium employees traveling to service a local water plant.

Incredibly tragic loss
alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

It’s human nature to focus on the immediate threat. Politicians can respond in kind by downplaying down or ignoring climate for now. But doing so will hurt their voters: delaying climate action will cost more in the future - in $$, suffering, lives. We need leadership on *both* issues.

This column should terrify US tech companies. They need to ask themselves if they are really irreplaceable in Europe? Potentially huge economic upsides for Europe in a tech decoupling. And US tech companies would lose their 2nd largest mkt. Who again is picking this fight?

Trump announces 'joint venture' with Japan for Alaska LNG Project exports It isn’t the first time the U.S. has announced project progress through an agreement with another country.

Pres. Trump announced a "joint venture with #Japan for the #Alaska #LNG Project. If it’s built, the $44 billion project would move gas from the North Slope through an 800-mile pipeline to a liquefaction facility in Nikiski for shipment overseas." #Arctic alaskapublic.org/news/economy...

What happens in the #Arctic won't stay in the Arctic 👇

For the security implications, check out @wilsoncenter.org's @marisolmaddox.bsky.social's Climate Security Expert Network risk brief on the region:

adelph.it/RiskBriefArctic

Trump dismisses archivist to the United States The National Archives became the target of Trump’s ire when the independent agency sought to retain documents from his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022.

“President Donald Trump has terminated the head of the National Archives and Records Administration, targeting an independent agency that was involved in trying to recover documents he took to his Florida estate after his first presidential term.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Yes, the desk I share with Alex Horton and Missy Ryan is one of those affected here. The Washington Post got targeted.

A couple of thoughts:

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.

SCOOP: Kash Patel—whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI—took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries.

I've been a meteorologist for 30+ years.

This is a horror show without precedent.

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Trump administration blocks millions of dollars in renewable energy grants to Maine Federal agencies are withholding awards from former President Joe Biden's signature legislation.

“Despite pulling back from a total freeze on federal funding, the Trump administration is still blocking tens of millions of dollars for renewable energy and climate projects in #Maine.” www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...

Absolutely

A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

This tracks.

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Alaskan constituents showed up at 3 of Murkowski's 6 offices today 👇

Extremist lawmaker wants to rename Svalbard Russia's ultranationalistic and xenophobic party leader Sergei Mironov proposes to Russify names and places across the Arctic, including the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

“Inspired by new US president Donald Trump, Mironov says the #Arctic Ocean should be renamed the 'Russian Arctic Ocean' and the archipelago of Franz Josef Land - the 'Lomonosov Land.'” www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/extremi...