On Road to Paris Climate Change Talks, Obama Detours Through Alaska
View on Alaska Dispatch News website"There will be increased commercial activity in the Arctic, but you can't prioritize the activities that need to go along with that if you don't have a national imperative from the public that reaches up to Congress," said Katrina McLaughlin, who has watched the GLACIER conference develop as a research assistant at Resources for the Future, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. "That's why you need a big public outreach campaign during the U.S. chairmanship."