Drilling from man-made island into Arctic Ocean approved by U.S. government
The Trump Administration Wednesday approved an oil company’s plans to explore for oil in federal territory of the U.S. Arctic
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Prudhoe Bay
Explorer plans first test of fracking potential in Alaska’s North Slope shale
An oil explorer hoping to bring the Lower 48’s fracking revolution to Alaska will take a big step this week when
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What tiny particles blowing in Alaska’s North Slope air tell us about oil-field pollution
The brownish cloud known as Arctic haze, produced by industrial activities and coal burning in faraway sites in Asia and
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Arctic Alaska oil lease auctions scheduled for November
U.S. state and federal agencies will hold jointly scheduled auctions to lease oil and gas tracts across Arctic Alaska next
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Former BP chief exec warns Shell about Arctic drilling
The former chief executive of BP, who headed the company during a spate of nasty disasters including the biggest ever pipeline
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Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska
Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable
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Exxon chief: ‘World may not care whether Alaska gas ever gets developed’
JUNEAU — Exxon Mobil’s chairman is praising Alaska for abandoning its attempt to get an independent gas pipeline built and
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