President Obama's Trip to Alaska - The White House
Aug 31, 2015 · President Obama is traveling to Alaska to shine a spotlight on what Alaskans in particular have come to know: Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face, it is being driven by human activity, and it is disrupting Americans’ lives right now.
9 photos from Obama's Alaska visit - POLITICO
Sep 2, 2015 · President Barack Obama closed out his historic three-day tour of Alaska on Wednesday by touring the far-flung villages in the Alaska Arctic. According to The Associated Press, Obama's goal...
The President’s Trip to Alaska: Reflections from an Alaskan Staffer …
Oct 5, 2015 · One month ago, President Obama made a historic and unprecedented three-day trip to Alaska and I had the honor and privilege to accompany him. Looking back, I’m blown away by the fact that this was the first time a sitting President has ever visited rural Alaska and traveled above the Arctic Circle.
In Alaska, Obama becomes 1st president to enter the Arctic
Sep 3, 2015 · KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama crossed the Arctic Circle on Wednesday in a first by a sitting U.S. president, telling residents in a far-flung Alaska village that their plight should be the world’s wake-up call on global warming.
In Alaska, Obama becomes 1st president to enter the Arctic
Sep 3, 2015 · KOTZEBUE, Alaska -- President Barack Obama crossed the Arctic Circle on Wednesday in a first by a sitting U.S. president, telling residents in a far-flung Alaska village that their plight...
Mount McKinley name drama explained | FOX 5 New York
3 days ago · Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the ...
The President’s Trip to Alaska - CIRI
Oct 27, 2015 · U.S. President Barack Obama visited Alaska last month, accompanied by White House staffer and CIRI shareholder Raina Thiele (not pictured). My ancestors have occupied the lands known as Alaska for over 10,000 years.
Why the Name of Alaska’s Peak Changed From Mt. McKinley to …
6 days ago · In 2015, President Barack Obama officially renamed the mountain Denali, under a Secretarial Order signed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell. The Obama administration cited a 1947 law ...
In Alaska, Obama to walk fine line on climate change, energy
Aug 29, 2015 · WASHINGTON (AP) — With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week to press for urgent global action to combat climate change, even as he carefully calibrates his message in a state heavily dependent on oil.
Obama’s historic Alaska visit | CNN Politics
Sep 1, 2015 · President Barack Obama stops to look at sea lions at Fox Island while taking a boat tour to see the effects of global warming in Resurrection Bay near Seward, Alaska, on Tuesday, September 1.