Washington, DC (KINY) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski recently hosted leaders from five Arctic nations in Washington, DC, as part of a conference of the Standing Committee of Arctic Parliamentarians (SCPAR). Murkowski, who serves as Vice Chair of SCPAR, helped lead discussions on Arctic policy and the future of the Arctic Council whose Chairship will transition from Russia to Norway this week.
An ineffective Arctic Council could have dire implications for the region's environment and its 4mln inhabitants who face the effects of melting sea ice and the interest of non-Arctic countries in the region's mostly untapped mineral resources