What environmentalists won by losing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline battle
In the late 1960s, the oil companies knew they needed a pipeline to get Prudhoe Bay oil to market, and they
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U.S. Interior secretary’s new order aims to speed Alaska’s oil and gas permit process
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order Thursday that he said would help speed the permitting process for onshore drilling
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Volvo to go all electric starting in 2019
Volvo is to put an electric motor in every new model it produces from 2019 as it seeks to lead legacy
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Trump administration launches plan to boost offshore oil development in Arctic and elsewhere
Less than two years after Royal Dutch Shell abandoned its offshore Arctic oil exploration program and triggered an exodus of other
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Statoil’s new Arctic project needs $30 a barrel oil prices to be profitable
The Johan Castberg will come on stream in year 2022 and prepare the way for the development of more northern
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Youth eco-group calls the new Norwegian Arctic oil blocks «madness»
«A betrayal of the youngsters», says Head of Nature and Youth, Ingrid Skjoldvær, about the Norwegian Government’s decision to offer
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Hilcorp makes oil industry’s first move in decades into federal waters of Alaska’s Cook Inlet
For the first time in decades, an oil company has put significant money into leases in federal waters of Southcentral
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Norway offers oil companies 93 new blocks in Arctic waters
New exploration acreage is vital for our jobs and economy, the country’s oil minister highlights as he invites the oil
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Gas company Novatek to build four artificial islands in Russian Arctic
Prime Minister Medvedev gives thumbs up for gas company Novatek’s grand plans off the coast of Murmansk. A government decree
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Company delays drilling at Smith Bay, leaving a big Alaska energy prospect unconfirmed
Awaiting payment of at least $75 million in state tax credits and facing a long-term downturn in oil prices, an
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Swedish city of Umeå paves the way for green electric bus revolution
This northern Swedish City’s fleet of battery powered busses for public transport works perfectly well in cold climate. «This bus
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Finnish researchers use air, solar power to create renewable hydrocarbon
Finland has developed a new technology for producing a renewable hydrocarbon. The process has the potential to shakeup the global
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New wind and solar power station next to Russian Arctic oil field
Gazprom Neft starts testing of two wind power generators and 30 solar panels at its new Novy Port field. The
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Conservation groups girding for battle over National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Oil industry boosters and Alaska politicians are joining President Donald Trump’s administration to push for more development in an area
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Putin sees new big Arctic projects coming
They should be developed in cooperation with the French, Chinese and other foreign partners, the President said at the name
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