ConocoPhillips Wants to Install Chilling Devices in the Arctic to Get More Oil

Gizmodo : Environment

You may have heard: President Biden approved an enormous fossil fuel development in the Alaskan Arctic on Monday.

Biden promised 'no more drilling on federal lands, period.' He just broke that pledge to approve a massive oil project in Alaska.

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Bernie Biden
In 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to stop all new oil drilling on federal land.

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Sarah Palin came all the way to CPAC to campaign against the election system that cost her Alaska's House seat

Tech Insider : Politics
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2, 2023.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2, 2023.

Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images

An elected Alaska Republican — and member of the Oath Keepers — was censured after asking facetiously if dead children are 'actually a benefit to society'

Tech Insider : Politics
white guy in suit in front of legislative hearing room
Alaska state Rep. David Eastman speaks with reporters after the House voted to censure him on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. The censure followed comments the Wasilla Republican made during a committee hearing Monday on child abuse and trauma.

AP Photo/Becky Bohrer

Elon Musk joked that the UAPs shot down over North America are alien 'friends of mine' as questions remain over their origins

Tech Insider
Elon Musk and shot down Chinese spy balloon
The Chinese spy balloon is shot down on February 4, and Elon Musk.

REUTERS/Randall Hill; Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images

The US has shot down 3 suspicious flying objects in 3 days. Here's what we know about the UAP floating over North America.

Tech Insider
Map showing the approximate locations of UAP across North America in Jan/Feb 2023
Map showing the approximate locations of UAP across North America in Jan/Feb 2023

Google Maps

US officials say getting their hands on China's spy balloon was a 'key' reason for shooting it down near a South Carolina beach

Tech Insider
A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, 2022.
A high-altitude balloon over Billings, Montana, on February 1.

Chase Doak/via REUTERS

I moved to a tiny Alaskan village to be a teacher. I earn $15,000 more than in other states and only have 5 students.

Tech Insider
Williams in Alaska.
Taryn Williams is a teacher in Alaska.

Taryn Williams/Insider

The famous Alaska Railroad turns 100 this year. Here's what it's like to ride to North America's northernmost train station

Tech Insider : Travel
Conductor and clerk welcome passengers aboard an Alaska Railroad train.
Conductor and clerk welcome passengers aboard an Alaska Railroad train.

John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

Rare Polar Bear Attack in Alaska Kills Mother and Son

Gizmodo : Environment

A woman and her 1-year-old son were fatally attacked by a polar bear in the small whaling village of Wales, Alaska, last week.

Subscribe to Alaska