Arctic Alaska oil field remains alive despite bankruptcy, isolation
The Umiat oil field, now with a new owner after the previous one went broke, remains as promising yet as
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U.S. congressmen look for ways to open up Alaska’s natural resources
Alaska Rep. Don Young has spent the week guiding some of his fellow Republican members of Congress around some of
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Goose population shrinks in southern Alaska, but grows in Arctic
For decades, the crowds of small, dark sea geese on the tundra of southwestern Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have been thinning,
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Blog: In the Arctic Ocean, an Alaska Native corporation seeks to fill void left by Shell
When Shell aborted its $7 billion Arctic drilling efforts in the Beaufort Sea in September 2015, environmentalists breathed a sigh
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Alaska Native corporation plans to explore for oil in Arctic Ocean, where Shell failed
A subsidiary of Alaska’s wealthiest regional Native corporation is moving ahead with plans to follow in the footsteps of Shell and
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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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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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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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Dwindling spring snowpack could be a troubling sign for Alaska wolverines
Earlier spring snowmelt in northern Alaska could mean future trouble for wolverines, elusive fur-bearing mammals that hide in snow caves
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Arctic river ice formations melting earlier in summer
Two scientists’ fascination with the layered ice mounds that build up along Arctic Alaska rivers led to an important discovery
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With a leaking Alaska well controlled, experts seek answers about what happened
A weekend gas and oil leak from an old production well on the North Slope was stopped Sunday night when
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A northern Alaska oil discovery just got a lot bigger, company says
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 is trying to slice some land out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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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Audi plans return to Arctic Alaska for secretive cold-weather testing
A German automaker plans to return to Alaska’s North Slope early next year to continue its secretive cold-weather performance tests
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Arctic soils are set to release a lot of carbon – probably more than local plants can absorb
As temperatures have risen in the Arctic and worldwide, so have worries about how much carbon might stream into the atmosphere
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