As Hilcorp looks for more gas, the company is seeking to extract the resource from beneath private parcels like Shaw’s.
Energy & Mining
The EPA is now one step away from a veto that would ban Pebble mine
Casey Sixkiller, the Region 10 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, has sent a recommendation to EPA headquarters to protect the area by vetoing the proposed mine.
Alaska Energy Authority invests $4.9M in state’s largest solar farm
Alaska currently gets less than 1% of its power from solar.
Alaska gas prices are among the highest in the US despite producing most of it in-state
Many southern states are paying around $3 a gallon at the pump, but a few western states, including Alaska, are averaging nearly $5 a gallon.
Western Arctic Caribou Herd decline continues, bringing population to a third of peak size
Caribou and reindeer populations have been declining around the circumpolar north.
Amid sluggish recovery, economist predicts more Alaska jobs in weed and mining
An October report from the state labor department said Alaska ranked 47th in the U.S. for job recovery from 2019 through the first half of 2022.