Offshore in Cook Inlet, a ‘silent economy’ hunts for gas to keep Alaska running: Commentary
Northern Journal helicoptered out to the offshore rig drilling for the increasingly scarce natural…
Oil & gas
Above the Yukon River, on Native land, Hilcorp is set to drill for oil this summer
Hilcorp has signed oil leases with Doyon, the Indigenous-owned corporation for Interior Alaska, which…
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract
I am a geoscientist who studies the environmental history of Greenland and its ice…
Trump order opening Arctic Alaska waters to oil leasing draws legal challenge
Environmental groups say, as they did 8 years ago, that Trump violated the law…
Rolling blackouts could loom for urban Alaska as natural gas crunch intensifies
Homer Electric Association, which serves much of the Kenai Peninsula, recently announced that it…
Lower prices dim expectations for Alaska oil earnings in coming years
North Slope production is expected to start rising in a few years, but revenues…
Mining company angling for Alaska mine surges in value after Trump’s election
Donald Trump’s election has boosted a company that’s seeking to build a mine at…
Russia has begun designing nuclear-powered submarines to export gas, says top official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has begun designing nuclear-powered submarines to export liquefied natural…
Alaska seeks to dismiss lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a trans-Alaska gas pipeline
An Anchorage Superior Court judge heard preliminary arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit seeking to…
