Chanda Meek, PhD
@arcticpolitics.bsky.social
Expertise in Arctic politics, governance, and marine sustainability.
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The Alaska House is set to take up HJR4, a resolution opposing changing Denali's name.
This morning, the resolution advanced out of the Rules. It is on hold for a minute while waiting for an amendment to be distributed.
📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
📄: www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/D...
#akleg
This morning, the resolution advanced out of the Rules. It is on hold for a minute while waiting for an amendment to be distributed.
📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
📄: www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/D...
#akleg
January 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Alaska House is set to take up HJR4, a resolution opposing changing Denali's name.
This morning, the resolution advanced out of the Rules. It is on hold for a minute while waiting for an amendment to be distributed.
📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
📄: www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/D...
#akleg
This morning, the resolution advanced out of the Rules. It is on hold for a minute while waiting for an amendment to be distributed.
📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
📄: www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/D...
#akleg
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Been sick for the past three weeks, so slowly getting back into things ...
On the ANWR front, federal Judge Gleason says she'll rule within two months whether the Biden Administration was wrong when it canceled oil leases awarded to a state-owned investment bank. #Alaska
On the ANWR front, federal Judge Gleason says she'll rule within two months whether the Biden Administration was wrong when it canceled oil leases awarded to a state-owned investment bank. #Alaska
January 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Been sick for the past three weeks, so slowly getting back into things ...
On the ANWR front, federal Judge Gleason says she'll rule within two months whether the Biden Administration was wrong when it canceled oil leases awarded to a state-owned investment bank. #Alaska
On the ANWR front, federal Judge Gleason says she'll rule within two months whether the Biden Administration was wrong when it canceled oil leases awarded to a state-owned investment bank. #Alaska
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Applications are open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!
This free, 3-week program from @cig-uw.bsky.social is open to current & recent grad students and postdocs from any field w/ demonstrated interest in climate change, resilience, and issues of equity & social justice.
This free, 3-week program from @cig-uw.bsky.social is open to current & recent grad students and postdocs from any field w/ demonstrated interest in climate change, resilience, and issues of equity & social justice.
Apply Now to the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute | Climate Impacts Group
Applications are now open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!Read below to learn more about the program, sign up for an information session, and apply by March 17, 2025, with ...
cig.uw.edu
January 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Applications are open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!
This free, 3-week program from @cig-uw.bsky.social is open to current & recent grad students and postdocs from any field w/ demonstrated interest in climate change, resilience, and issues of equity & social justice.
This free, 3-week program from @cig-uw.bsky.social is open to current & recent grad students and postdocs from any field w/ demonstrated interest in climate change, resilience, and issues of equity & social justice.
I'm still thinking about #Greenland. Years ago I read an excellent paper about evolving US Security interests and strategies in Greenland by Dawn Alexandria Berry.
From: Berry, D.A. (2016). DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493910_5
#Arctic #security
From: Berry, D.A. (2016). DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493910_5
#Arctic #security
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm still thinking about #Greenland. Years ago I read an excellent paper about evolving US Security interests and strategies in Greenland by Dawn Alexandria Berry.
From: Berry, D.A. (2016). DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493910_5
#Arctic #security
From: Berry, D.A. (2016). DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493910_5
#Arctic #security
Alaskan Republican claps back at Trump's "anything goes" executive order on Alaska resource development #:
"...I think it's important for us to think about the fact that we're not a colony to be pillaged," she said.
from www.akmemo.com/akleg-day-1-... #USpolitics #arctic #executive orders
"...I think it's important for us to think about the fact that we're not a colony to be pillaged," she said.
from www.akmemo.com/akleg-day-1-... #USpolitics #arctic #executive orders
AKLEG Day 1: 'There is no way that we can afford that.'
In a day filled with formalities, the 34th Alaska Legislature got underway today. The Senate Majority also gave us a good outline of the session on issues like education funding, worker retention, ene...
www.akmemo.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Alaskan Republican claps back at Trump's "anything goes" executive order on Alaska resource development #:
"...I think it's important for us to think about the fact that we're not a colony to be pillaged," she said.
from www.akmemo.com/akleg-day-1-... #USpolitics #arctic #executive orders
"...I think it's important for us to think about the fact that we're not a colony to be pillaged," she said.
from www.akmemo.com/akleg-day-1-... #USpolitics #arctic #executive orders
Some BC leaders are changing tracks and suggesting how they can forestall US tarriffs on energy. ca.yahoo.com/finance/news... #energy #USpolitics #arctic #canada
B.C. First Nations leader reverses stance on pipeline as Trump tariff threat looms
VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project that would have created another route for Alberta's oi...
ca.yahoo.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Some BC leaders are changing tracks and suggesting how they can forestall US tarriffs on energy. ca.yahoo.com/finance/news... #energy #USpolitics #arctic #canada
"Greenland has had more than 80 years of defense cooperation with the US...Naalakkersuisut looks forward to establishing contact with President-elect Donald Trump and his new administration."
naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2025... #Arctic #Greenland
naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2025... #Arctic #Greenland
Naalakkersuisuts pressemeddelelse vedr. seneste udmeldinger fra kommende Præsident Donald Trump
naalakkersuisut.gl
January 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"Greenland has had more than 80 years of defense cooperation with the US...Naalakkersuisut looks forward to establishing contact with President-elect Donald Trump and his new administration."
naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2025... #Arctic #Greenland
naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2025... #Arctic #Greenland
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“If loyalty to Trump means developing reasons to favor threats against Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Greenland—none of which poses the slightest danger,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes, “then, by jingo, reasons will be found”:
The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland
Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“If loyalty to Trump means developing reasons to favor threats against Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Greenland—none of which poses the slightest danger,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes, “then, by jingo, reasons will be found”:
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
THANK YOU Good neighbors Canada!
Alberta preparing to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
THANK YOU Good neighbors Canada!
Alberta preparing to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
Alberta preparing to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire | CBC News
Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles.
www.cbc.ca
January 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
THANK YOU Good neighbors Canada!
Alberta preparing to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
THANK YOU Good neighbors Canada!
Alberta preparing to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
Alaska Senators Sullivan and Murkowski give context on why buying Greenland is unnecessary and undiplomatic.
www.adn.com/politics/202...
www.adn.com/politics/202...
Alaska’s congressional delegation split on Trump idea of making Greenland a U.S. territory
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the idea “offensive.” U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III called it “history defining.”
www.adn.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Alaska Senators Sullivan and Murkowski give context on why buying Greenland is unnecessary and undiplomatic.
www.adn.com/politics/202...
www.adn.com/politics/202...
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"Danish news outlet DR News is reporting that the so-called supporters wearing fresh MAGA hats during a visit from Trump’s representatives, Don Jr. and Charlie Kirk, were actually homeless and socially disadvantaged people who were bribed with hotel dinners"
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Busted! Trump’s Greenland 'Supporters' Were Homeless and Socially Disadvantaged People Bribed With Hotel Dinners
Danish news reports on Trump’s scheme
open.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Danish news outlet DR News is reporting that the so-called supporters wearing fresh MAGA hats during a visit from Trump’s representatives, Don Jr. and Charlie Kirk, were actually homeless and socially disadvantaged people who were bribed with hotel dinners"
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
'Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, said a U.S. takeover should be rejected.
"I don't want to be a pawn in Trump's hot dreams of expanding his empire to include our country," she wrote.'
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
"I don't want to be a pawn in Trump's hot dreams of expanding his empire to include our country," she wrote.'
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump Jr. plans Greenland visit as father's interest resurfaces
Donald Trump Jr. is expected to visit Greenland on Tuesday, a local government official told Reuters two weeks after Trump's father, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, expressed interest in gaining control over the vast Arctic island.
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
'Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, said a U.S. takeover should be rejected.
"I don't want to be a pawn in Trump's hot dreams of expanding his empire to include our country," she wrote.'
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
"I don't want to be a pawn in Trump's hot dreams of expanding his empire to include our country," she wrote.'
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Here's the prelude to another absurd try to wrest control of Greenland from its people. #Arcticpolitics #Greenland #USpolitics
December 23, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Here's the prelude to another absurd try to wrest control of Greenland from its people. #Arcticpolitics #Greenland #USpolitics
What a strange agenda. Presidents don't typically try to piss off their own party members right out of the gate (AK Senators).
Trump rails against transgender people, makes threats about Denali and the Panama Canal
President-elect Donald Trump used his speech at the Turning Point USA gathering to rail against transgender people, threaten to change the name of Denali and take control of the Panama Canal back.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM
What a strange agenda. Presidents don't typically try to piss off their own party members right out of the gate (AK Senators).
Focusing on slivers of hope helps keep a movement going, even in uncertain times ahead. #climate
Clear-eyed analysis from my @worldresources.bsky.social colleagues about implications for US climate action under the incoming administration.
Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain
The Trump administration will inevitably stall much climate action at the federal level. Nevertheless, opportunities for progress remain.
www.wri.org
December 19, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Focusing on slivers of hope helps keep a movement going, even in uncertain times ahead. #climate
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🎁 A little holiday treat 🎁
We have a new paper on climate action communication on #Twitter 🌍 We analyzed over 6.4 million tweets from 2021, including tweets from the general public and tweets from 'climate' scientists on @katharinehayhoe.com's "Scientists who do climate" list🧵
osf.io/preprints/os...
We have a new paper on climate action communication on #Twitter 🌍 We analyzed over 6.4 million tweets from 2021, including tweets from the general public and tweets from 'climate' scientists on @katharinehayhoe.com's "Scientists who do climate" list🧵
osf.io/preprints/os...
December 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
🎁 A little holiday treat 🎁
We have a new paper on climate action communication on #Twitter 🌍 We analyzed over 6.4 million tweets from 2021, including tweets from the general public and tweets from 'climate' scientists on @katharinehayhoe.com's "Scientists who do climate" list🧵
osf.io/preprints/os...
We have a new paper on climate action communication on #Twitter 🌍 We analyzed over 6.4 million tweets from 2021, including tweets from the general public and tweets from 'climate' scientists on @katharinehayhoe.com's "Scientists who do climate" list🧵
osf.io/preprints/os...
A new round of bidding can't change market directions in Alaskan oil and gas.....
apnews.com/article/alas...
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Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling
Political leaders in Alaska have welcomed President-elect Donald Trump's pledges to expand oil production.
apnews.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:05 AM
A new round of bidding can't change market directions in Alaskan oil and gas.....
apnews.com/article/alas...
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apnews.com/article/alas...
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