Utilities propose changes to make vehicle charging stations more affordable
Faster chargers consume large amounts of electricity for short bursts of time, which means a business hosting a charging station may have to pay a high demand charge.
More oil can flow from Alaska’s North Slope as global demand creeps back
The operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline is allowing oil companies to send more crude from the North Slope to Valdez as demand creeps back and economies reopen.
Marine heatwaves will cripple salmon, cod and pollock at twice the rate previously predicted, study says
As these heatwaves continue, they may have far more devastating implications to fisheries than previously predicted.
Y-K Delta tribes protest Donlin Gold in letter to mining company Novagold
Ten tribes have sent a letter protesting the proposed Donlin Gold mine to the two companies trying to build it in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Alaska’s quarantine order has helped thwart COVID-19 but devastated tourism. Will Dunleavy keep it?
Public health experts have credited measures like the quarantine order with holding Alaska’s COVID-19 case count below every other state in the country, and at least one warns that revoking it could cause a flare-up.
Invited to ‘virtual consultations’ to talk Roadless Rule, tribal governments feel distanced
In total, nine tribal governments have requested the feds hit pause on the Roadless Rule decision while the pandemic unfolds.
Alaska could be empty of tourists this summer. For residents, there’s an upside.
Some Alaskans see a possible silver lining in the devastation: A spring and summer in a world-class tourist destination — without the tourists.
Beaver numbers have exploded in Northwest Alaska with some striking effects on the environment
The Baldwin Peninsula near Kotzebue has seen a massive increase in beavers over the last two decades, according to new research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Thousands of summer workers are headed to Alaska from Outside, where infection rates are higher
Officials have been reviewing the failures to contain the spread of COVID-19 at Outside meat plants, and they’re adjusting protocols for fish processing to potentially include fewer people and barriers between them.
Hilcorp, BP want many of their answers to state regulators’ questions kept confidential
As oil and gas company BP presses ahead with the sale of its Alaska business to privately-held Hilcorp, questions loom around how low oil prices are impacting the deal. On Monday, the companies released answers to a state agency that’s scrutinizing a key piece of the transaction, but with a catch: The companies and their…
A Chilkat mask leaves a lasting impression of how ‘we took care of each other’ during the pandemic
In Juneau, one weaver wanted to create a work of art to reflect the biggest story of our time: the coronavirus. And Chilkat weaving seemed like the perfect medium to express that.
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