North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Once again, the Anchorage Daily News has come out with a hand-wringing editorial worrying about the threat of global warming on Alaska. In the meantime, the state Legislature is forming a committee to look into the matter. It seems to me, however, that bemoaning the inevitable is counter-productive.

Without minimizing for a moment the social costs that will result here in Alaska from extended s...