North Slope

May 08 2019
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In Utqiaġvik, temperatures are warmer, and the ice is changing. What does that mean for whalers?

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, North Slope, Oceans, Subsistence

“I think it was a little more stable, and there was a little bit more assurance that the ice you were on was not going to disintegrate on you that easy,” says whaling captain Gordon Brower.

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Apr 10 2019
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Meet Alice Qannik Glenn, the podcaster who’s trying to get more young Alaska Native voices on the mic

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Arts & Culture, Community, North Slope, Southcentral

With her podcast “Coffee & Quaq,” Glenn wants to spotlight the ideas and conversations of young Alaska Native people and broaden the range of stories that are told about Indigenous experiences.

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Apr 06 2019
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New York Times reporter discusses story revealing ANWR oil test well was ‘worthless’

By | 2 Alaska, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Government, North Slope

The story uncovered a long-held Alaska secret: that the only exploratory oil well ever drilled in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was “worthless.”

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Mar 30 2019
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Judge blocks Trump administration move to undo Obama ban on Arctic oil leasing

By | 2 Alaska, Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, North Slope, Oceans

A judge has ruled in favor of environmental groups in their effort to block the Trump administration’s push to re-open large portions of Arctic waters to oil drilling.

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Mar 27 2019
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Bernadette Demientieff, director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, waits to testify at a U.S. House hearing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Which Native voices? On ANWR, lawmakers practice selective listening.

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Interior, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics, Subsistence, Wildlife

Rep. Don Young told his colleagues to disregard the anti-drilling Gwich’in witnesses, while pro-development Iñupiaq witnesses accused Democrats of erasing them from the land that’s been their home for centuries.

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Mar 18 2019
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An above-ground section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System near the Toolik Lake Research Station in the North Slope Borough. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk)

State forecasts higher oil prices, lower production in spring update

By | Economy, Energy & Mining, North Slope, Southcentral, State Government

Combined with some other changes, the Alaska Department of Revenue now projects that the state will have $89 million less for this year’s budget. And it will have $39 million more for the 2020 budget that begins in July.

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