Energy & Mining

Feb 20 2019
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy leaves the House chambers in Juneau after delivering the annual State of the State address to the Alaska Legislature on Jan. 22, 2019.

Where Dunleavy wants to spend more cash: tourism, courts, pensions, oil tax credits

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Crime & Courts, Economy, Energy & Mining, Politics, State Government, Tourism

Gov. Michael Dunleavy was elected on a pledge to cut the state budget. But his proposal still finds room for budget boosts for a handful of items, from state courts to oil tax credits to a Denali State Park visitors center.

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Feb 13 2019
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Alaska Native issues feature prominently at hearing on Arctic Refuge oil leasing

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Energy & Mining, Federal Government

Throughout the hearing, an organized group of opponents from communities across the state provided much of the public testimony against development in the refuge, holding up bandannas and signs that said: “Defend the Sacred: Protect the Arctic.”

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Feb 08 2019
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Don’t count on oil to bail out Alaska’s budget soon, says unpublished state tax memo

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Government, North Slope, Politics, State Government

The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is a hot area for oil development right now. But don’t count on new production there to bail out the state budget any time soon. That’s the takeaway from a previously unpublished, two-month-old analysis drafted by former independent Gov. Bill Walker’s administration.

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Feb 07 2019
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Alaska GOP Gov. Dunleavy seeks to oust Democratic chair of oil and gas watchdog agency

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, State Government

A two-page letter from Dunleavy last month charges French with “neglect of duty and misconduct,” and levies five charges to justify the governor’s bid to remove French from chairmanship of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

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