Armstrong Oil and Gas, which found and then sold a massive field on Alaska’s North Slope, just bought up about 1 million acres in oil leases in the National Petroleum Reserve.
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The 2019 Arctic Report Card shows the impacts of a warming climate. Here are 4 key details.
The Arctic climate is rapidly and dramatically changing, with continued warming of the air, land and sea. That’s according to the 2019 Arctic Report Card from NOAA.
A new report sheds more light on how climate change is impacting Alaska Native villages
A recent report compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks documents erosion and other environmental threats facing communities in rural Alaska.
Hilcorp paid a $25,000 fine after a worker died last year on its North Slope drilling rig
An internal investigation found that the drill operator was distracted and that there were “contradictory requirements” when it came to workers’ exposure to overhead loads.
For sale: A stake in an array of ConocoPhillips’ Alaska projects
On the block are old, new and unbuilt projects: the Kuparuk River Unit, which is Alaska’s second-largest oil field; the newer Alpine unit to the west; and the undeveloped Willow prospect in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A new oil boom on Alaska’s North Slope is encircling a village, and residents have raised a red flag
A major proposed North Slope oil project is running into local opposition from residents of the village of Nuiqsut, who are already partially surrounded by development and wary of more.
With pixels and stagecraft, ‘Arctic Experience’ aims to inspire the next generation to fight Big Oil
A traveling interactive exhibit is designed to compel young people to care about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
In Anaktuvuk Pass, a gardener brings new life to ancient foods with Arctic agriculture
Some of her recipes mix traditional and western plants, like pesto made with mashu or Eskimo potato.
A month into Utqiaġvik’s whaling season, none have been landed
Some residents say this is unprecedented — the whale-dependent village captured nearly 20 whales last fall. Also unprecedented are this year’s temperatures: It was the warmest May-through-September on record in Utqiaġvik.
New proposed LNG project would ship gas from North Slope to Asia on icebreaking tankers
Qilak LNG made the announcement Wednesday that the it plans on shipping gas on icebreaking tankers from fields in Point Thomson.