An earthquake of M8.2 also occurred on Nov. 10, 1938, within 40 km of the quake.
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Alaska: Dual use
Von Alaska aus könnten die USA in beide Richtungen – gen Arktis und in den Indo-Pazifik – Macht entfalten, so der neue US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin zur Bedeutung des US-Bundesstaates.
USA wollen 18 Milliarden Dollar in Entwicklung neuer Abfangrakete investieren
Die Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg berichtete am Dienstag (Ortszeit), dass ein von Lockheed Martin und Northrop Grumman geführtes Team mit 13,1 Milliarden Dollar, die vom Pentagon bereitgestellt würden, an der Systementwicklung arbeiten werde. Die Entwicklung werde voraussichtlich 2026 abgeschlossen. Es würden insgesamt 31 Einheiten, darunter zehn für Tests, hergestellt.
Reichster Mann Tschechiens tödlich verunglückt
Auch Kellners Konzern, die PPF Group, bestätigte den tödlichen Unfall.
US-China tensions run high ahead of critical meeting
Blinken will also arrive in Alaska following his first trip abroad engaging U.S. allies Japan and South Korea, part of the administration’s strategy to approach the Chinese from a position of strength in lockstep with key allies in the region.
Top Biden officials to meet with Chinese in Alaska
Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are expected to travel to Japan and South Korea next week, in what will be the first overseas trip for senior Biden officials.
Trump administration finalizes plan to open up Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling
“The Trump administration’s so-called review process for their shameless sell-off of the Arctic Refuge has been a sham from the start. We’ll see them in court,” said a statement from Lena Moffitt, The Sierra Club’s senior director of its Our Wild America campaign.
49th State Is First to Fully Reopen After Pandemic Closures
Retail stores, restaurants, gyms, museums and churches were allowed to reopen statewide on Friday for the long weekend, while Anchorage, the state’s most populous city, phased into a 100% opening on Monday. Alaska entered what officials dubbed as phases three and four of its five-phase reopening plan simultaneously at 8 a.m. Friday.
Tennessee, Mississippi, Montana reopen some businesses following other states easing coronavirus restrictions
The moves to reopen follow in the steps of Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alaska, which on Friday began loosening lockdown restrictions on businesses despite health officials warning the gradual return to daily life might be happening too soon.
Several states starting to reopen this weekend
In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee (R ) said on Monday that “the vast majority of businesses” will be allowed to reopen when the state’s stay-at-home order expires on April 30, and as of Friday state parks and dine-in restaurants were allowed to open with reduced capacity. Tennessee was one of the last states to issue a stay-at-home order.
Federal court rules against old-growth Tongass logging plan
Eight conservation organizations, represented by the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice, challenged the logging plan on the grounds that, among other claims, it had violated the National Environmental Policy Act, which gives people a say in government actions that will affect their communities.
Buchstäblich Gold über Leben
Alles, was der Kapitalismus in Amerika noch zu plündern hat, sind die Nationaldenkmäler und Wälder sowie die geschützten ökologischen Gebiete.
Die Auslagerung von US-Jobs war ein Akt des Selbstmords der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.
‚Gold Over Life, Literally‘: How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem
So Trump meets Alaska‘s governor in his airplane and agrees to push through a goldmine that had been stopped b/c it will devastate salmon habitat. This at a time that orcas are already starving death. Salmon carry entire ecosystems on their backs. Gold over life, literally. — Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) August 9, 2019
Alaska: Starkes Erdbeben, schwankende Gebäude
Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,0 hat den Süden Alaskas erschüttert.
Agreement aligns Point Thomson gas reserves with Alaska LNG Project
Through a Letter of Understanding signed today, the Department of Natural Resources, ExxonMobil, and BP agreed to terms to better align the settlement with the Alaska LNG Project
Indigenous Alaskan Artifacts Heading Home After 200 Years
Nine Alaskan Indigenous artifacts have been returned home by Berlin‘s Ethnological Museum almost 250 years after they disappeared from an ancient burial ground.
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