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Arctic drilling: Alaska employee who flagged environmental review violations claims whistleblower protection

30 August 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic drilling, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Chukchi Sea, natural resources, oil, Royal Dutch Shell, U.S. Interior Department

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency that protects whistleblowers, is supporting an Alaska employee who complained the

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Washington urged to cancel offshore plans in Arctic

25 April 201827 April 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic drilling, Beaufort, Beaufort Sea, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, drilling, natural resources, offshore, offshore drilling, offshore oil, oil industry, politics, United States

Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm about the Interior Department’s efforts to hold an offshore oil lease sale in

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A view of the Beaufort Sea from the community of Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Northwest Territories. Imperial Oil's decision to delay drilling in the Beaufort was among your most read stories this week. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

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Washington wants input on offshore drilling in Arctic, environmentalists cry foul

29 March 201829 March 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic drilling, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, business, offshore drilling, politics

The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is beginning work on a lease sale next year in Arctic

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U.S. Interior Secretary affirms 2008 Chukchi lease sale

1 April 20152 April 2015 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, energy, oil, politics, Royal Dutch Shell

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Tuesday validated the 2008 sale of oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea, a

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The Chukchi Sea looking out from the North Slope village of Kivalina. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)

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Review of environmental impact of proposed Chukchi drilling expected within 10 months

30 May 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, oceans, Shell

A new-and-improved analysis of environmental impacts from oil-and-gas leasing in the Chukchi Sea is expected to be done by March,

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A Coast Guard C-130 flys past a coastal village on the Chukchi Sea near Kotzebue, Alaska. (Al Grillo / AP)

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Court rules 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale fell short on considering environmental risks

23 January 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, drilling, energy

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Department of Interior failed to properly consider environmental risks of

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Alaska Landscape. (Dan Joling, AP)

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Alaska: Pew Trust proposes Arctic drilling standards

25 September 201319 March 2018 Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage 0 Comments Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, energy

The Interior Department’s top offshore oil official says he welcomes a detailed set of recommendations from the Pew Trust on

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