Arctic economy: What do the numbers tell us?
The Arctic's economic potential, geopolitical climate, and investment prospects have drawn significant attention. At…
Oil & gas
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…
‘The West should encourage India to become Russia’s Arctic alternative to China’
A conversation on India’s Arctic strategy with Anurag Bisen of the Vivekananda International Foundation…
Trump’s Alaska energy plans won’t fix mounting East Coast crisis: Commentary
SAN FRANCISCO — While the Trump energy team tromps through Alaska bragging about plans…
Momentum matters in Alaska’s gasline project: Commentary
This article first appeared in Alaska Beacon. As a nearly 50-year advocate for the…
A diesel spill along the Yukon raises fears about Hilcorp’s drilling program
No one is saying whether the truck that spilled 1,000 gallons of fuel had…
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…
