In Alaska, oil companies are already seeing the consequences of climate change. But the industry is also grappling with the issue on a much higher level — in a way that could eventually affect whether or not they pursue projects in the Arctic.
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Newscast – Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Stories include picketing Alaska Airlines workers at the Juneau International Airport, State of Alaska reaches a non binding gas sales agreement with ExxonMobil for the Alaska LNG project, and a judge issues a restraining order stopping the state from removing campaign signs outside the state’s right of way.
Alaska companies release private data for global seabed mapping project
The goal is to completely map the seafloor by the year 2030 and three Alaska companies are pitching in.
Newscast – Friday, September 7, 2018
Stories include a tentative agreement on an annex to the Pacific Salmon Treaty and a suspicious fire on Slim Williams Way.
Newscast – Thursday, September 6, 2018
Stories include the arrest of a hatchet-swinging shoplifter, a vehicle driven through the Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, and Richard Yamada appointed to IPHC.
Newscast – Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Stories include proposed downsizing of TAPS workforce, former U.S. Senator Mark Begich staying in the governor’s race, and a possible record-setting catch of hatchery chums at Crawfish Inlet south of Sitka last week.
Rep. LeDoux, Alaska GOP try to fill in blanks in disputed state House race
What conclusions can we draw about absentee ballots requested in the names of dead people, and whether they connect to a candidate and a consultant she hired to help her with get-out-the-vote work?
Newscast – Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Stories include Begich planning campaign announcement amid pressure to quit, four dead after crash on Parks Highway near Cantwell, and Governor signs bill allowing cities to ban cellphones while driving.
NOAA panel considers Alaska and Arctic mapping priorities
NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel heard from fishermen, barge operators, private mapping companies about Alaska’s priorities.
In Kaktovik, sea ice loss means a boom in polar bear tourism
That’s when outsiders started showing up in Kaktovik: tourists, who wanted to see polar bears before they went extinct.