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The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a major update to the regulations for oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The new regulations would incorporate restrictions on access to five special areas in the refuge, as specified in the current NPR-A integrated activity plan....

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has issued an order for the use of federal funding for the plugging, abandoning and remediation of some orphaned wells in Alaska. The agency has contracted with ASRC Energy Services Alaska Inc. to conduct the plugging and abandonment work. The funding c...

ConocoPhillips has filed a brief in two court cases that are challenging the validity of the Bureau of Land Management

The Department of the Interior announced on Sept. 6 that it is canceling the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority

A park in Radcliffe has become the boroughs newest "local nature reserve" (LNR), taking the total in the area to seven.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has published a finalized version of its revised well control rule for assuring the safety of oil and gas wells drilled in offshore federal waters. The rule originated as part of the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico...

In Aug. 23 court filings the Bureau of Land Management asked the federal District Court in Alaska to reject two appeals by environmental organizations against BLM

The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army have announced a final rule changing the definition that the agencies use for the waters of the United States, or WOTUS. In May, in a decision over a court case referred to as Sackett v. Environmental Protection, the U.S. Suprem...

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has issued a request for proposals for consultancy work in conjunction with anticipated seismic surveying for the agency

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a grant of $22.1 million to the Alaska Energy Authority to help fund electricity transmission grid resilience in Alaska. The state of Alaska has awarded a required 15% matching grant, thus bringing the total grant funding to $25.6 million. AEA anticipates is...