An Oil Rig Falls In The Arctic and Burns

By Douglas McIntyre  •  January 30, 2026

Inside Climate News reports that an oil rig fell over in the Alaskan Arctic and burned. This will raise the pitch of the debate over whether oil companies should be allowed to operate in that area at all. See you in court. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains.

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