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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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Alaska Revenue Commissioner Angela Rodell, shown here announcing the 2013 Permanent Fund Dividend amount, said her department didn't attempt to make oil production forecasts beyond 10 years out and thus couldn't say whether production would begin increase that far in the future. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Despite oil tax cut, Alaska projects steady production decline for next decade

Pat Forgey, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, January 24, 2014 at 10:37
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JUNEAU — Despite the passage of Senate Bill 21 last year and claimed success from its supporters, Alaska’s Department of

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Black brant geese. (Tyler Lewis / USGS / Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Global warming winners? Brant thriving amid changes in Arctic Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 at 11:41
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Diminished Arctic sea ice and thawing permafrost, phenomena that reinforce the climate change cycle and perpetuate the region’s warming trend,

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Royal Dutch Shell's Kulluk drillship in the Beaufort Sea in fall 2012. (Royal Dutch Shell/Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Shell plans Arctic Alaska comeback

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 at 16:12
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Royal Dutch Shell is back, baby! Well, maybe. The Netherlands-based oil giant has long said it would not return to

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The Osprey platform in Cook Inlet. November 1, 2012. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch )
Business USA 

Company squeezes more from a once-dead Alaska oil field

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 11:05
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Another newcomer to Cook Inlet’s oil and gas fields has boosted production after rehabilitating old wells with aggressive drilling techniques.

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Researcher Shannan Sweet engulfed in mosquito swarms at Toolik Field Station, north of the Brooks Range. (Courtesy Jesse Krause / Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Mosquito swarms in Alaska’s Arctic: The worst of the worst?

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2013 at 14:10
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Think mosquitoes are bad in your neck of the woods this summer? It could be worse. Just ask researcher Jesse

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Alaska Landscape. (Dan Joling, AP)
Business USA 

Due date approaches for agreement on Alaska LNG project

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 09:30
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The clock is ticking for Alaska’s major oil companies and a Canadian pipeline builder who committed to produce an agreement

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(W. Ghormley, Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation / Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Second Repsol spill in North Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:32
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Spanish oil major Repsol reported its second North Slope spill in two winters, after a hose ruptured during a flow

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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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