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.

“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...

🎙️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.

“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...

😂 "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...

@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).

"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...

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?

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

“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:

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.

We've updated our tracker below with these 3 additions. If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.

“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...

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.

Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06

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

“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...

Our country is not better off with hardworking families like this being broken up www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

FFS

"A #Russian sabotage action against #Norway in 2025 is likely." - PST (Norwegian security service) chief Beate Gangås www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kom...

"Under the agreement, police from neighboring countries will be allowed to cross the border to prevent or interrupt serious crimes. This is particularly important in the #Arctic, where the nearest police station may be located in the neighboring country" www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/finland...

“ #Greenland’s Parliament banned foreign and anonymous political funding on Tuesday…. Greenland’s lawmakers fast-tracked the law — an effort to protect against outside interference — before upcoming parliamentary elections.” #Arctic www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/w...

Here is United States law regarding the President's attempts to close our development assistance agency in secret over the weekend. It is illegal. No ambiguity. Americans decide with their actions, today, if the US is a country of laws or—something else. —> crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

“Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...

After Svalbard’s warmest summer on record, we have shocking winter warming underway right now in the Arctic www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...

“A new study has confirmed what many #fisheries experts feared—northern pike, an invasive freshwater species, can traverse brackish waters, potentially expanding their reach into #Alaska’s salmon-rich ecosystems.” #foodsecurity #biodiversity www.nationalfisherman.com/northern-pik...

“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.” Incredible details in a horrifying @nytimes.com story. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961? Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional? Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.

Updated annual temperature anomalies in the #Arctic from 1950 to 2024 - wait until the last decade.. + Data from cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/rea... + Graphic at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging: 1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal. 2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

Okay, you're ready to step into the fray. This week is focused on two things: 1) getting federal level reps to push back on Elon Musk's hostile takeover of our federal bureaucracy and federal payments system (bonus points for also saying stand up to these stupid and destructive tariffs) and

“Often described as a kind of CPR equivalent for mental health, Psychological First Aid is a training anyone can take. It relies on four principles: Prepare for providing help, look at the situation and the need, listen actively to the person to understand their feelings, and link them to services.”

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

🤯 CALL👏YOUR👏SENATORS

No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.

record-breaking January temperatures despite the Earth not being in an El Nino. definitely not good news.

A clear explanation of how the Trump/Musk power grab will do untold harm to us all. This is a 5 alarm fire. No president, regardless of party, should have such direct control over the disbursement of federal funds. Now, a thread on what to do: