Attorneys challenging the Point Thomson settlement have requested more time to prepare a new brief on the case.
Energy & Mining
Pipeline coordinator still shuttering shop while Obama calls for funding
The current coordinator, Larry Persily, says he’s still shutting down his offices in Anchorage and Washington, D.C.pipl
Juneau joins chorus of communities calling for international mine review panel
Juneau has joined a growing number of communities to call for an international panel to review mines along the U.S.-Canada border near Southeast Alaska.
Arctic standards won’t be ready for Shell’s return
After Shell’s troubled 2012 drilling season in the far north, the Interior Department began working on Arctic-specific standards for offshore drilling.
Legislature plans for gasline special session
Republican leaders expect that the Legislature will go ahead with a special session in October focused on natural gas policy.
Lawmakers skeptical of state’s plan to buy Fairbanks natural gas utility
Key Republicans, like Anchorage Representative Mike Hawker, are skeptical of the utility’s purchase.
Lack of customers puts CIRI wind farm plans on hold
Cook Inlet Region Incorporated has put the second phase of its Fire Island wind farm on hold because of a lack of customers.
Mine dam collapse report cites bad design
A government investigation says poor design led to last summer’s catastrophic failure of British Columbia’s Mount Polley Mine tailings pond.
Shell says it plans offshore Arctic drilling this year
The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell says the company intends to return to the Chukchi Sea this summer to drill exploratory wells.
Obama withdraws 9.8m acres of Arctic Ocean
President Obama is withdrawing 9.8 million acres of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas from future oil and gas lease sales.