Another bill proposing changes to the state’s oil and gas tax credit regime was released on Wednesday. This new bill, sponsored by Les Gara (D-Anchorage), would raise minimum tax on oil companies.
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Ask a Climatologist: This winter’s alarming record low Arctic sea ice
Unusually warm weather and storms are keeping the Arctic sea ice extent at record lows.
Lawmakers grill Alaska’s gasline corporation on its budget
Lawmakers quizzed AGDC president Keith Meyer over the costs of the corporation’s satellite offices in Houston and Tokyo and a $50,000 sponsorship of the Iditarod, among other budget items during a committee meeting.
Cook Inlet company fined nearly half a million dollars for safety violations
A state agency today announced it is fining an oil and gas company that operates in Cook Inlet for major safety violations.
After Bogoslof eruption, Sen. Murkowski renews push for enhanced volcano monitoring
This is not the first time Sen. Murkowski has introduced legislation to enhance volcano monitoring. It’s the fourth.
Can home wood pellet boilers go from fringe to mainstream?
The Ketchikan airport has one. So does the Walter Sobeloff Building in downtown Juneau. Now, a fringe group of homeowners are installing wood pellet boilers to heat their homes.