![]() ![]() In February alone, the company applied to drill 45 new wells in Kuparuk. That’s money spent because of climate change – and just for one road.Īmid it all sits the oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips, indulged by the Alaska congressional delegation and the State of Alaska, wanting more while already riding a wave of record oil profits, and with many options to drill in the state’s existing oil patch. To span the glacier will require a $100m bridge, paid for by US taxpayers. The single dirt road that crosses Denali National Park, Alaska’s Yellowstone, is closed at the midway point due to a rock glacier, loosened by warming temperatures, that has slumped down-slope and taken the road with it. And permafrost in many places is no longer permanent. The arctic is heating at twice the rate as the rest of the world. ![]() Extinction rates are estimated at 100 times higher than historic levels. Oceans across the world are warming and rising and turning acidic. The eight warmest years on record have been the last eight. ![]()
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