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Global Warming Reveals Oil, Gas and Rare Metals in the Arctic

The rapid melting of Arctic ice has triggered political and economic competition among the world's great powers. Even China is getting into the act. Is the US holding its own? Can a remote and massive part of the world be preserved as well as developed?

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

The rapid melting of Arctic ice has triggered political and economic competition among the world's great powers. Even China is getting into the act. Is the US holding its own? Can a remote and massive part of the world be preserved as well as developed?

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Darby Maloney
Producer
Elisabeth Rosenthal
New York Times
Jens B. Frederiksen
Government of Greenland
Alice Rogoff
Alaska Dispatch

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Which Way, L.A.?

Global Warming Reveals Oil, Gas and Rare Metals in the Arctic

The rapid melting of Arctic ice has triggered political and economic competition among the world's great powers. Even China is getting into the act. Is the US holding its own? Can a remote and massive part of the world be preserved as well as developed?

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Which Way, L.A.?

Global Warming Reveals Oil, Gas and Rare Metals in the Arctic

The rapid melting of Arctic ice has triggered political and economic competition among the world's great powers. Even China is getting into the act. Is the US holding its own? Can a remote and massive part of the world be preserved as well as developed?

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