The Department of Interior is aiming to reverse Obama-era offshore drilling policy, which largely blocked oil development in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk
Interior aims to sign King Cove road deal Monday, official confirms
A top Interior official in Alaska has confirmed that on Monday, the Trump administration plans to sign a deal to build a controversial road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Watchdog group calls for tougher training standards for oil spill response
A citizens watchdog group is concerned new oil response crews coming to Prince William Sound aren’t being trained in rough weather conditions they might have to operate in.
State-ordered investigation following BP leak finds no additional problem wells
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission found no additional wells that could lead to a similar accident, according to commissioner Cathy Foerster.
Alaska’s leaders got more than they bargained for from Interior’s offshore drilling proposal
Alaska’s leaders got what they wanted in the Trump administration’s offshore leasing draft plan — and then some. Now the question is: will Alaska ask the Trump administration to cut back?
Four decisions in three weeks: How Trump is transforming Alaska
Under the Trump administration, the tide is turning on some of Alaska’s biggest environmental battles.
Citizens group investigates Cook Inlet’s aging oil infrastructure
A watchdog citizens group is working on a series of reports on Cook Inlet’s oil and gas infrastructure, following several accidents last spring.
North Slope oil production ticked up again in 2017
Alyeska announced that the pipeline’s average throughput went up by about 10,000 barrels per day in 2017 compared to 2016, a 1.5 percent increase.
Pebble announces federal permit application
Pebble Limited Partnership has announced that tomorrow, it will apply for a federal Clean Water Act permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Oil companies aren’t promising to drill in ANWR…so how interested are they?
Now, everything that was hypothetical is going to get real. One of the big questions that could finally get answered this: what oil companies, if any, are actually interested in drilling in the Refuge?