The safety of drilling in the Arctic Ocean was debated at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing this morning.
Energy & Mining
Shell oil rig departs Seattle for Dutch Harbor
A giant drill rig operated by Royal Dutch Shell undocked Monday morning from Terminal 5 in Seattle. The Polar Pioneer is headed for Dutch Harbor.
Miners bid farewell to West Beach
Monday marked the final deadline to vacate one of Nome’s more infamous housing projects.
9th Circuit Court rules in favor of Shell’s spill response plans
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of spill response plans for Arctic drilling put forward by Royal Dutch Shell.
Mixed feelings on a new company’s plans to drill in Cook Inlet
A Texas-based company will begin drilling for oil in Cook Inlet next year using extended-reach oil wells.
Report lists watersheds, salmon habitat potentially affected by B.C. mines
The tailings dam system for mine waste management is facing a lot of criticism after a dam at the Mount Polley Mine in central B.C. collapsed last summer. It spilled millions of gallons of waste into Canadian waterways.
Red Chris Mine waits for final permit
The Red Chris copper and gold mine in the Stikine River watershed has been operating on a temporary environmental permit since February.
Court allows Pebble v. EPA to proceed
While the case moves forward, the judge has ordered the EPA to do no work on the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, or the dredge and fill restrictions it had intended to finalize earlier this year.
Repsol announces significant oil find on North Slope
The Spanish oil company Repsol has confirmed that two of their North Slope test wells could produce up to 2.4 million barrels of oil per year.
Supreme Court: DNR wrongfully issued Pebble permits
Just a day after two federal lawsuits involving the Pebble Mine were in the news, mine opponents Friday are hailing the Alaska Supreme Court’s decisions on two state cases.