Alaska has settled into a notable stretch of seriously cold weather. Communities around the state are enduring low temperatures they haven’t seen in a few years.
Alaska's Energy Desk
Keeping its promise, Interior Dept. gives Ahtna region more say in moose, caribou hunt
In its final days, the Obama administration is forging ahead with a promise to include Alaska Native tribes in the management of fish and wildlife on federal land. Deputy Interior Secretary Michael Connor was in Anchorage today to announce a pilot project giving Native communities in the Ahtna region greater say in managing the subsistence…
Armstrong Oil and Gas has high hopes for another North Slope find this winter
Armstrong and its partner Repsol, a Spanish company, say a development there could produce about 120,000 barrels of oil per day. That’s almost a quarter of the amount currently flowing through the pipeline. Armstrong Energy director Ed Kerr says the company aims to deliver first oil in 2022.
One Alaskan’s quest to transform how we clean up oil spills
One Alaskan thinks he’s figured out a better way to do clean up oil spills. He doesn’t work in a lab, he doesn’t have any fancy degrees and he’s not backed by the government or a big company. But some experts think he might be on to something.
Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage.
In Alaska, a white Thanksgiving is usually a given for most of the state. But not this year. The entire state is below normal for snowfall.
New head of Subsistence Board says local voices are essential
Hydaburg Mayor Anthony Christianson has been appointed the new chair of the Federal Subsistence Board.
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.
New faces in Alaska House of Reps could tackle familiar gas and oil issues
As the dust settles from the election lawmakers find themselves in a new world, with plenty of new faces — but facing some of the same issues that kept them locked in Juneau last session.
Alaska Native corporation acquires oil and gas leases in Arctic waters
The Alaska Native corporation representing the North Slope has bought two federal leases in the Beaufort sea formerly owned by Shell. That gives the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, the right to explore for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean, which has historically been controversial in the region.
ConocoPhillips puts historic Kenai LNG plant up for sale
Citing market conditions, the company did not the operate plant in 2016