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Alaska is a leader in microgrids since its remote communities have had to power themselves for decades.

Alaska may overhaul the way it spends its oil wealth. While the state has a lot of oil, the price of oil has dropped so much that the state now has a $3.5 billion deficit — two-thirds of its budget.

Alaska's economy depends heavily on oil for jobs and tax revenues. Shell's decision to halt oil and gas exploration off the state's northern coast is a "huge disappointment," the governor says.

The Obama Administration has removed the Arctic Ocean from any new off shore oil and gas leasing for the next 5 years. Environmentalists wanted the move due to concerns over climate change.

On one ride, a guy knocked one of the girls off her bike. But it didn't discourage these Afghan teens from cruising around Kabul every Friday and challenging the view that women shouldn't bike.

The Trump administration's transition officials ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to cut its presence at the event. The team cited travel costs in explaining the abrupt move.

Last year, big fleets in the Bering Sea caught more halibut, by accident, than local fishermen caught on purpose. The big ships throw out that halibut; the local fishermen make their living from it.

Arman Soldin was with a team of AFP journalists traveling with Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Bakhmut when the group came under fire. He was 32. The rest of the team escaped uninjured.

Astronauts at the International Space Station convened a class from space with schoolchildren in Idaho. One student wanted to know: "If you threw a baseball in space, how fast would it go?" Meanwhile, tests suggest that repairs to space shuttle Endeavour's underbelly may not be needed.

Rising temperatures and thawing permafrost threaten tiny Newtok. Its residents want President Obama to declare an official disaster, to unlock the millions it needs to move the community.