Alaska sees third La Niña winter forecast in a row
What is winter anyway? For a lot of Alaskans, it’s a season that’s not entirely defined by a specific period
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Companies announce investment in major Alaska oil project
Two oil and gas companies have announced plans to invest $2.6 billion into developing a major oil field on Alaska’s
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Alaska’s largest oil producer asks judge to block release of drilling info from NPR-A
Alaska’s largest oil producer is trying to block a state commission from publicly releasing information from exploratory drilling in the
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Alaska’s North Slope grapples with soaring COVID-19 infection rate, low vaccinations
Alaska’s North Slope has seen the highest coronavirus infection rates of any region in the state recently. And while the
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Biden’s pick for Interior secretary is Indigenous and a passionate foe of drilling in Arctic Refuge
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Congresswoman Deb Haaland to be the next secretary of Interior. The New Mexico Democrat is
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Arctic borough pulls out of deal with bankrupt Alaskan airline, reaffirms right to seize assets in emergency
The North Slope Borough is backing out of a tentative deal to rent RavnAir Group’s Utqiagvik hangar and is reasserting
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Paleontologists discover Arctic’s first-ever lambeosaur fossil in Alaska
Paleontologists have discovered the remains of the Arctic’s first-ever lambeosaur — a crested, duck-billed dinosaur — in Alaska’s North Slope.
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Alaska’s Cold War radars face new threat from climate change
Across Alaska, 15 remote radars spin every minute of the day, 365 days a year. Since the Cold War, they’ve
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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast
Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at
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Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey scientist resigns over Petroleum Reserve report
A report on Alaska’s oil potential is at the heart of a controversy at the Department of Interior. The magazine
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Remote Alaska community to receive state money after Arctic mega-storm
After a September storm caused severe damage to roads in the far-north community of Utqiagvik, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has
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Blog – In debate over Alaska drilling, two Indigenous representatives clash
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a five-hour hearing on drilling in the Arctic
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Permafrost thaw prompts emergency orders from Alaska regulators over pipelines concerns
Concerned that thawing permafrost might contribute to another oil and gas leak such as the one that BP experienced in
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After a long decline, Alaska expects third straight year of increased oil production
Alaska producers have “outperformed” and are doing “more with less,” according to a presentation to lawmakers on Wednesday from the
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Oil field data worth millions of dollars is about to be made public by Alaska
The state is planning to release a trove of seismic data from oil exploration surveys as early as mid-September that cost
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