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Author: Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News

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Alaska Governor touts U.S.-China deal as helping LNG project, but analysts are doubtful

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 26, 2017 at 15:28
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While some analysts are skeptical that the new trade agreement between the United States and China will help Alaska’s gas export project, a state

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Alaska looks for help fighting ‘blob’ oozing toward Dalton Highway

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 15:47
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In a race against time, state transportation officials plan to move a nearly mile-long section of the Dalton Highway so it

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Trump administration to hold Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale in June

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 19, 2017 at 13:32
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The Trump administration on Thursday announced it will hold a federal oil and gas lease sale of Cook Inlet in

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Bering Sea tribal groups slam Alaska delegation for ‘standing by’ as Trump struck order giving them voice

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 1, 2017 at 19:08 — Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 2017 at 19:14
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Alaska Native elders from Bering Sea coastal communities on Friday blasted Alaska’s congressional delegation for not doing more to prevent

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For first time, Alaska reveals recipients of cash credits for oil and gas activity

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 18:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 18:20
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Alaska ended years of silence about its oil and gas tax credits this week by announcing the names of companies that

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Explorer plans first test of fracking potential in Alaska’s North Slope shale

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 15:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 19:11
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An oil explorer hoping to bring the Lower 48’s fracking revolution to Alaska will take a big step this week when

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With a leaking Alaska well controlled, experts seek answers about what happened

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 15:07
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A weekend gas and oil leak from an old production well on the North Slope was stopped Sunday night when

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Alaska’s antiquated Cook Inlet pipelines causing alarm after leaks

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 19:33
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Growing concerns over Cook Inlet’s antiquated oil and gas facilities have prompted renewed calls for increased oversight following announcements of multiple leaks this

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Alaska warms to solar power as prices fall and benefits grow

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017 at 14:30
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Solar power use in Alaska has grown quickly amid falling prices for photovoltaic panels and reduced doubts by Alaskans about solar energy

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Fines and leaks: Troubles mount for oil and gas company Hilcorp in Alaska and Outside

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, March 24, 2017 at 14:55
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Oil and gas company Hilcorp on Tuesday was hit with another fine for violating Alaska regulations during a North Slope

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A northern Alaska oil discovery just got a lot bigger, company says

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 16:05
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A Spanish oil company working with a small explorer in Alaska announced Thursday what it’s calling the largest onshore U.S.

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Alaska governor asks Trump to throw his weight behind natural gas project

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2017 at 14:42
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Alaska’s governor is asking President Donald Trump to lend his support to what he termed an “ideal” megaproject — the $45 billion

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Scientists ‘cook’ oil from Alaska coal, suggesting exploration opportunities

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 15:52
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A laboratory experiment that produced crude oil from bits of Alaska coal has geologists hoping coal-rich areas contain undiscovered pools of

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Alaska is trying to slice some land out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 16:30
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The state’s current dispute over the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place believed to have huge oil

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Group to sue company over gas line leak in Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2017 at 16:04
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Homer-based Cook Inletkeeper said in a statement to reporters that the leak from an 8-inch undersea pipeline owned and operated

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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