After a three month delay, the task force – created in September by Juneau’s legislative delegation to gather facts about the river and possible impacts of Tulsequah Chief Mine redevelopment on the Canadian side of the Taku River watershed – will meet for the first time next week.
Energy & Mining
Deal clears the way for NPR-A development
An agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leaves just one formal step before the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska can open up to development.
Snettisham outage to cost about half-a-cent/KWH
Alaska Electric Light & Power burned about $430,000 in diesel during last week’s outage.
Quick fix to Snettisham outage
Alaska Electric Light and Power’s Snettisham hydroelectric facility was back in service by mid-afternoon on Saturday, after a Thanksgiving Day power outage.
Update: Snettisham back on line
Tower tipped after guy wire anchors failed; Tower and conductor reported still intact.
BC power line spurs transboundary development
Alaska and Canadian scientists say the B.C. government should study the cumulative impacts of proposed transboundary region development.