Valerie Cleland is a masters student in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington. She is interested in short- and long-term emergency response in the Arctic and the resilience of Indigenous communities. For her masters project she is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to look at oil-spill risks with changes in shipping routes https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/valerie-cleland/rss en Arctic Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:00:14 +0000 Valerie Cleland https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/07/20/more-needs-to-be-done-to-prepare-for-an-arctic-oil-spill https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/07/20/more-needs-to-be-done-to-prepare-for-an-arctic-oil-spill World Policy: Arctic nations should follow through on their commitments to prepare for an oil spill in icy waters, writes Valerie Cleland, a masters student in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington.