Minor oil spills at Bellingham have plagued construction of an oil spill containment barge needed for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska.
Energy & Mining
Switch failure knocks out power in Mendenhall Valley
About 3,000 Mendenhall Valley households and businesses were without power this morning for about an hour when a switch failed at the Alaska Light and Power Loop substation.
Brooks Range Council opposing ‘Road to Resources’ program
The Brooks Range Council is a grassroots movement opposing Governor Sean Parnell’s plan to develop a road to the Ambler Mining District.
Groups sue EPA over oil spill dispersants
Environmental groups in five states are suing the federal government, claiming Environmental Protection Agency rules on chemical dispersants used in oil spills do not meet clean water requirements.
Coeur reports strong second quarter, gold production triples at Kensington
Coeur mines produced about 4.9-million ounces of silver and more than 63,000 ounces of gold during the three-month period that ended June 30th. That translated to more than $254-million dollars in sales.
AEL&P doing work on avalanche diversion
the Juneau utility says a hydro project will be off line for two days this month but no service disruptions are expected.