Winter drilling program in Alaska petroleum preserve can proceed, judge rules

A federal judge has refused to block a winter oil and gas exploration project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that ...
Inside Climate News

As an Oil Rig Topples in the Alaskan Arctic and Ignites a Fire, Exploration There Continues

When ConocoPhillips won federal approval last year to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, environmental groups warned the ...
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Alaska Senator Joins With Foreign Lawmaker To Tell Trump That Danish Territory ‘Is Not For Sale’

Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined with a foreign lawmaker on Monday to dismiss President Donald Trump’s quest to acquire Greenland, saying in a joint statement that the Danish territory is ...

EPA plan would begin rolling back ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks

The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind ...
Alaska Public Media

State investigation confirms oil company wasted 4 months of natural gas on North Slope

In starkly written order, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission confirmed a $313,616 fine against Cook Inlet Energy ...

State investigation confirms oil company wasted four months of natural gas on North Slope

The state agency that protects Alaska’s state-owned oil and gas from waste confirmed Friday that a small North Slope company deliberately burned off state-owned natural gas for almost four months beca ...