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A Little-Heard Voice in the Offshore Drilling Debate

(Photo by Eric Kroh) Villager Thomas Napageak worries drilling will disrupt the Native way of life. By Eric Kroh/Medill – Nuiqsut, Alaska Thomas Napageak, at 25, is the youngest whaling captain in the tiny Alaska Native community of Nuiqsut. The village lies on a serene expanse of tundra just inland of the Arctic near the [...]

Farmers Regroup, Assess Corn Damage in Iowa after Floods; Impact on Ethanol Already Felt

Flooded farms in Iowa may have far-reaching effects on corn prices and ethanol. (Photo by Eric Kroh) By Eric Kroh As farmers in Iowa clear sediment deposited on their land by the Mississippi, Iowa and Cedar rivers, it remains to be seen just how much damage the floods have done. At a community meeting in [...]