Several previous Cook Inlet lease sales have canceled due to lack of industry interest.
Energy & Mining
Despite setbacks, Pebble Mine gets new investment of $12 million
The new investor signed an agreement for even greater potential investment over a two-year period — up to $60 million in total.
Is now the time for Alaska’s massive liquified natural gas line project?
It’s been on the table for as long as Alaska has been an energy state, though the costs of constructing the pipeline have long been considered prohibitive.
New study details mining’s impacts on salmon habitat, even hundreds of miles downstream
The paper’s authors say their analysis points to a need for more comprehensive risk consideration for mines to protect salmon watersheds throughout the Northwest.
After lawsuit, a major Alaska North Slope oil project is again moving forward
Members of the public have until 10 p.m. Aug. 29 to state their support for one of five options for the project’s future.
The Supreme Court handed coal power a win. But experts say that won’t save it
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices sided with coal companies in a recent case over the EPA’s authority. But market forces have pushed the ongoing decline of coal power.
Supplies a ‘near total loss’ after wildfire burns Pebble Mine camp
Equipment for exploration was stored at the camp.
Southwest Alaska wildfire sweeps through Pebble Mine site
No one was at the site when the fire burned through the area.
Former Veco boss who served prison time in corruption scandal has died
Bill Allen, who was at the pinnacle of wealth and power in Alaska until he was exposed as a central figure in a political corruption scandal, has died.
New federal proposal for offshore drilling includes possible Cook Inlet oil and gas sale
In a new proposed five-year plan for offshore drilling, the Department of the Interior floated the idea of auctioning off leases to oil and gas companies in the inlet in 2026. That’s in addition to 10 lease sales proposed for the Gulf of Mexico.