The governor is arguing for a sweeping executive order lifting restrictions on oil drilling and other development, and he wants an end to support for tribal lands.
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Lower prices dim expectations for Alaska oil earnings in coming years, revenue forecast says
The new forecast is more pessimistic about the state’s oil-money prospects over the next few years than was the department’s previous forecast, released in March.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy proposes budget with $1.5 billion deficit, points to resources for revenue
The spending plan includes roughly $3,800 dividend, lower public education funding, and spending half of what’s left in a budget reserve fund.
Arctic tundra now emitting more carbon gases than it absorbs, annual report says
The tundra regions have become a net carbon source rather than a carbon sink, the result of permafrost warming, increased wildfires and other effects of climate change.
Settlement requires corrective actions at two Alaska plants formerly operated by Peter Pan Seafood
The company that operated the sprawling but shuttered fish processing plant in King Cove must do annual seafloor surveys to check for impacts of waste deposits there and take other corrective actions to protect the marine environment, under civil settlement signed earlier in the year.
Renewed Southeast Alaska wastewater discharge permits require better bacteria controls
The communities – Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Petersburg – must make improvements to reduce what are deemed to be overly high levels of fecal coliform and enterococcus bacteria that are being discharged into marine waters, under terms of the renewed permits