The mine has brought wealth to Northwest Alaska, supporting Alaska Native communities and culture. But its relationship with the only village downstream is fraught, and the mine is running out of ore.
Energy & Mining
Fired commissioner Hollis French gets hearing on 2017 Cook Inlet pipeline leak
A Hilcorp pipeline sprung a leak late in December 2016 that continued for three months.
Oil prices plunge amid omicron variant concerns
A barrel of Alaska North Slope crude was about $71 on Monday, $11 less than the week of Thanksgiving.
Chair of Nuclear Regulatory Commission touts safety of small reactors like the one planned for Eielson
The Air Force announced in October that it has chosen Eielson for a first-of-its-kind mini reactor.
Interior department report calls for higher oil and gas royalties. Murkowski objects.
The Biden administration’s blueprint, released the day after Thanksgiving, calls for an increase in the royalty rate — the percentage of revenue oil and gas producers have to pay to the government.
Federal officials pass on Juneau’s bid for grant money to electrify cruise ship docks
A local port engineer who worked on the grant says his takeaway is that aging marine infrastructure in Haines and Cordova were higher priority than improving Juneau’s relatively new cruise ship docks to reduce emissions.