China has claimed a milestone in Arctic exploration as it conducted the first manned deep-sea dive in the ice-covered waters ...

China's 15th scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean achieved a milestone with the use of the first crewed submersible ...

As geopolitical interest in the Arctic heats up, China has just pulled off its first dive under the Arctic ice in a crewed submersible vehicle. Described as “a leap in deep-sea exploration ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell has secured another federal authorization as it pursues plans to drill exploration wells in the Arctic waters off the Alaska coast. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

WASHINGTON — ConocoPhillips on Wednesday said it would abandon its plans to begin drilling in Arctic waters north of Alaska because of regulatory uncertainties, underscoring the oil industry's growing ...

Alaska’s state-owned investment bank could get permission to start oil exploration work in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as soon as the third quarter of this year, according to court documents ...

The current Icelandic government believes however that Iceland’s future lies in renewables rather than fossil fuels ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - ConocoPhillips Alaska announced Wednesday it will not drill in Arctic waters off Alaska's northwest shore in 2014. Environmental groups hailed the decision and said the experience ...

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - Michael Brune is pleased that activists in kayaks are training for another "Paddle in Seattle" to confront an expected Royal Dutch Shell rig on its way to the Arctic to ...

WASHINGTON -- Looking to cement his environmental record, President Barack Obama took new action Tuesday barring offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans indefinitely. Obama relied ...