The Department of the Interior is scheduled to release its final decision on the project as soon as March 6, and state legislators are only the latest group trying to sway the federal government in the last days before the decision.
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Alaska House votes unanimously to support Willow oil project
The House’s 36-0 vote on a resolution supporting the Willow project is largely ceremonial but could help sway the Biden administration as the Department of Interior prepares a final record of decision on the project.
Former Alaska Senate President Ben Stevens dies at 63
A Facebook post by a leading Anchorage Republican group attributed Stevens’ death to a heart attack and said he was hiking with his wife when he abruptly collapsed.
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.
Attorney General Taylor says ending Alaska’s leading status in sex crimes is priority
Taylor noted that the Department of Law’s budget request includes 10 new prosecutors and nine new support staff that would focus on sex crimes.
ConocoPhillips to cut Alaska oil production by 100,000 barrels per day
ConocoPhillips says it will cut oil production in Alaska by about 100,000 barrels per day for the month of June. That’s about half of Conoco’s daily production in the state, and roughly a fifth of the crude that typically flows down the trans-Alaska pipeline.
How a small, Arctic village found itself in the middle of Alaska’s new oil boom
Alaska is on the verge of a new oil boom — and the village of Nuiqsut is right in the middle.
December jobs report shows modest growth in Alaska’s oil and gas industry
But those jobs come with a caveat: If oil prices drop again, that could slow down work in the oil patch.







