The world’s oceans are becoming more acidic and, like climate change, it’s happening at a faster rate in the far north waters of Alaska. A workshop to be held Wednesday in Anchorage aims to bring together scientists and stakeholders to better understand the threat ocean acidification poses to the state.
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National service dog nonprofit helps Fairbanks veterans
A national nonprofit group that provides service dogs to military service members and veterans has opened a new training facility in Fairbanks.
Doyon continues search for Nenana Basin oil and gas
Interior regional Alaska Native Corporation Doyon is not giving up on finding oil and gas in the Nenana Basin, southwest of Fairbanks. That’s despite more than a decade of exploration with various partner companies, including a third well, drilled with Cook Inlet Region Incorporated this past summer.
Small explosion delays Healy 2 startup
a small explosion on Nov. 2 forced GVEA to shut down the power plant earlier this month.
New legislative leaders prepare to start work ahead of challenging session
They lead very different caucuses that will likely have different priorities.
Offshore leasing plan excludes Arctic
The Obama administration has removed the Arctic Ocean from any new oil and gas leasing for the next five years.
North Pole school to change controversial name
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of education approved a measure Tuesday night to rename of Badger Road Elementary.
Will Trump follow through on changing Denali’s name back?
President-elect Donald Trump made many a campaign promise during his run for the White House. Shutting down the Environmental Protection Agency and killing the Affordable Care Act were among them.
Fairbanks representative looks to improve rural internet
Fairbanks state Representative David Guttenberg has a plan for improving internet service in rural areas of the state. A bill Guttenberg is sponsoring would create a state corporation to contract with service providers to build infrastructure that’s too costly for individual companies to invest in. “Put out a job that we need this many towers in these…
Wind farm developer asks court to overturn state agency’s approval of GVEA tariff
Delta Wind Farm President and CEO Mike Craft is taking the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to court. Craft is asking a judge to overturn the commission’s approval of a Golden Valley Electric Association tariff filed last summer, claiming the tariff violates new state regulations intended to help renewable-energy projects like his access the grid.