The Department of Environmental Conservation said it has been unable to get close to the wreckage, due to worries that metal from Rig 26 might fall on response team members.
Energy & Mining
Proposed surcharge on oil would help pay for responses to climate-related disasters in Alaska
A bill introduced before the start of the legislative session would help the state pay for action to address expensive and sometimes deadly events like landslides and floods, the sponsor says.
Indigenous nation to get $7,250-per-person payments as a mine advances upstream of Alaska
The Eskay Creek project is one of several prospective mines near the British Columbia-Alaska border, where the government and industry have promised new investments.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy says he’ll propose a property tax break for planned gas pipeline
Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to propose a two-mill property tax for the Alaska LNG project, 90% lower than the state’s tax on other oil and gas infrastructure.
U.S. Department of Energy lab, active in Alaska, drops ‘renewable’ from name
The Trump administration, which broadly opposes renewable energy projects, changed the name of the Colorado-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory to “National Laboratory of the Rockies.”
Ten years after Alaska-B.C. mining agreement, environmental group says state is falling short
Environmental advocates say Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has walked away from key pillars of that agreement — but state officials say they remain committed to keeping cross-border rivers clean.