The concept arose from a concern over Senate Bill 210, which would reduce the amount that municipalities receive in revenue sharing.
Arctic
Offshore drilling plan draws climate change protesters
Inside, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, was holding one of 10 public meetings around the state to get input on potential offshore lease sales.
With record low sea ice, crack forces Navy camp evacuation
The Navy’s exercise was scheduled to wrap up at the end of this week, but Crosby said changes in sea ice caused the camp to close early.
‘Huge anomaly’: Warm winter weather limiting sea ice formation
Scientists say warm winter weather around the circumpolar north has led to another record-setting year of decreasing sea-ice coverage of the Arctic Ocean. The extent of sea ice formed over this past winter fell short of the previous record-low extent set last year.
Warmer winters, flooding complicate maintenance of Arctic roadways
Work began early this year on protecting the highway that serves Alaska’s North Slope oilfields from a repeat of last year’s flooding.
U.S. and Russia sign joint wildlife management agreement
Cooperation across the Bering Strait was strengthened this week when the United States and Russia signed a joint wildlife agreement.
At Arctic summit, climate change is inevitable and irreversible
“It’s not a myth like some people might claim. It’s real. It really affects us up here, big time,” said Steve Ginnis of the Fairbanks Native Association.
Lawmakers eye earnings of rural energy endowment to fund state budget
Some lawmakers are questioning whether the fund, now worth $900 million, should be committed to benefit only about one in nine Alaskans.
Scientists, policymakers converge in Fairbanks for Arctic Science Summit Week
“Good public policy, including good foreign policy, … must be based on facts on the ground, which is to say it must be based in reality,” said Julia Gourley, the United States’ senior Arctic official on the Arctic Council.
BLM director visits North Slope to cap wells, transfer lands
The director of the Bureau of Land Management is visiting the North Slope this week. Over the next two days, Director Neil Kornze will meet with Native corporations, local government officials, and community leaders in the region.