The company’s board terminated its employment agreement with Halpern “for cause” a little more than three weeks after both sides signed it.
Energy & Mining
Geothermal company looks to Augustine Volcano as a source of renewable energy
The state has held lease sales for Spurr and Augustine in the past, but so far no company has taken connected geothermal power from either volcano with an electrical grid.
Biden administration reverses Trump-era plan to open most of NPR-A to drilling
The BLM says the decision still leaves nearly 12 million acres available for oil and gas leasing. That’s slightly more than 50% of the NPR-A. The Trump administration had wanted closer to 80% open to drilling.
Sullivan strikes partisan tone while talking up bipartisanship to Alaska Legislature
With Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visiting his state, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Tuesday aired his dissatisfaction with her progress on oil development in the Arctic and other Alaska issues.
For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the US
Natural gas is still the largest source of electricity generation in the country.
How soaring inflation forces stark choices
From rising rent to higher heating bills, surging inflation impacts everybody, but it poses a particular hardship for people with little extra money to spare.