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Piplines runing from the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope in 2006. (Al Grillo / AP)
Business USA 

Assessment board begins deliberating trans-Alaska pipeline value

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 at 11:37
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Closing arguments have ended in a four-day hearing over the value of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, with the state of

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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, seen here near Delta Junction. The 800-mile oil pipeline is a critical part of the state's oil production infrastructure. June 7, 2013. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Hearing underway in battle over valuation of Alaska pipeline

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 16:31
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Proceedings began this week on the latest dispute over the value of the 800-mile pipeline that helps bring Alaska’s oil

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The town of Norman Wells in Canada's Northwest Territories. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to stay the course on fracking, despite report

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 09:42
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The government in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) isn’t changing its approach to hydraulic fracturing, despite a panel of experts saying

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Piplines runing from the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope in 2006. (Al Grillo / AP)
Business USA 

Groups supporting Alaska oil tax cut spend millions, grassroots opponents spend little

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 09:26
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Groups trying to stop the repeal of a massive tax cut for the oil industry have outspent their opponents 43-to-1,

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With a new Alaska forecasts showing a decade more of declining North Slope oil production, Gov. Sean Parnell may be forced to admit defeat on his tax cutting effort to get 1 million barrels flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline. (Stephen Nowers illustration / Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Alaska battle heats up as years of oil decline predicted

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 12:25
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With a new state forecast showing Alaska oil production falling to unprecedented lows in the coming decade, Democrats are calling

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ConocoPhillips plans to use fracking in drilling two wells in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories this winter. (CBC)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Canada’s NWT: Company releases list of fracking chemicals

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2013 at 11:30
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ConocoPhillips has released a report detailing the chemicals it plans to use when it drills horizontal wells in the Sahtu

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A drilling rig sit on Oooguruk Island off of the coast of Alaska's North Slope on 2007. (Steve Quinn / AP)
Business USA 

Ex-commissioner calls for Alaska energy mega-projects analysis, and ‘call bluff’ on North Slope gasline

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 10:50
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With Alaska’s government now in the red but still blowing hundreds of millions of dollars on multiple energy mega-projects, it’s

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Environment and Natural Resources minister Michael Miltenberger says people should know what chemicals are going into the ground. (CBC)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Canada’s N.W.T. calls for more fracking disclosure

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 14:32
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Canada’s Northwest Territories government says the public has a right to know what chemicals are being put into the ground

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It appears the ScanEagle, a drone manufactured by Boeing-owned Insitu Inc. of Bergin, Wash., will be the nation's first commercially operated drone. (Courtesy Insitu / Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Civilian drones set to take flight over Arctic Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 10:05
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Coming soon to an Arctic air space near you: The nation’s first commercial drone flights. Billed by federal regulators as

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The town of Norman Wells in Canada's Northwest Territories. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Praise and criticism for fracking approval in northern Canadian region

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 09:12
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ConocoPhillips Canada is planning to drill this winter after its exploratory fracking project was approved Tuesday by the Sahtu Land

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Alaska Landscape. (Dan Joling, AP)
Business USA 

Crowley, UIC form venture in Arctic

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:13
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Long time marine transport providers Crowley Marine Services and Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation or UIC Bowhead have formed a joint venture

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

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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