Arctic research conference to highlight how rural Alaska communities approach energy, climate issues
Several Alaska energy researchers will be featured in a national conference this week of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
Climate change is causing yellow cedar decline. But not enough for an ESA listing.
On Monday, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service published its decision not to protect yellow cedar under the Endangered Species Act.
Ferry system budget cuts jeopardize ocean acidification testing along Inside Passage
The Columbia made regular thousand mile runs between Bellingham, Washington, and Skagway, and takes a water sample every two minutes. But now she is tied up in Ketchikan’s south berth for the foreseeable future.
Who will be the fattest Katmai brown bear? Forget Beadnose, Holly is like the ‘Michelin Man.’
A dozen Alaska brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve are competing for the title of fattest bear during the park’s annual Fat Bear Week.
As BP exits Alaska, 1,600 employees are waiting to find out what’s next
BP has operated in Alaska for over half a century and has long had a hand in running the state’s biggest oilfield, Prudhoe Bay. The oil company’s plans to exit the state have left hundreds of workers in limbo.
This old Alaska mining town is almost a ghost town. It has everything to gain from Donlin mine.
The school closed long ago. There is no city or tribal council. A proposed mine nearby could change all that. But what’s the risk?
For people who live in remote Red Devil, an old mine’s toxic legacy is not enough to doubt Donlin’s promise
A mine built Red Devil. It also left behind enough pollution to require a federal government clean up, and some people are still not supposed to eat the fish.
How do you revive an almost ghost town in remote Alaska? Ask the 20 residents of Red Devil who are betting on Donlin mine.
How do you you restart a city government? Red Devil residents are making phone calls to find out.
Dunleavy picks top deputy, former oil industry lobbyist to chair state oil watchdog
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Jeremy Price, a former employee and lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute, to a seat on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Dunleavy wants Alaska lawmakers to approve additional PFDs this fall. Here’s why that’s unlikely.
When it comes to how much money should be set aside for PFDs each year, Alaska state lawmakers are still divided. And many of them have sharply different views than Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s.
YK Delta tribal consortium withdraws support for Donlin Gold mine
Delegates at the Association of Village Council Presidents’ annual convention overwhelmingly voted to withdraw a 2006 resolution supporting the Donlin Gold mine, then passed a separate resolution that opposes it.
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