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Article content U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it would suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration pending an environmental review. The action reverses one of former president Donald Trump’s signature efforts to expand fossil fuel development in the United States and delivers a setback to the Alaskan state government, which had hoped opening the enormous refuge would help rev...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in...

JUNEAU (AP) — An Alaska Department of Law investigation found there were no violations of state law or regulations in a contract awarded to the grandson of a major donor to an effort to elect the governor in 2018. The law department outlined its conclusions in a Jan. 29 memo about the sole-source contract awarded to Clark Penney, grandson of developer Bob Penney, the Anchorage Daily News reported  Wednesday. Bob Penney gave more than $350,000 to a political group supporting the election...

No violations found in contract to Dunleavy donor’s grandson by The Associated Press Last Updated Feb 19, 2021 at 9:44 am EDT JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska Department of Law investigation found there were no violations of state law or regulations in a contract awarded to the grandson of a major donor to the governor’s 2018 election campaign. The law department outlined its conclusions in a Jan. 29 memo about the sole-source contract awarded to Clark Penney, grandson of developer Bob Penney, ...

Print article JUNEAU — An Alaska Department of Law investigation found “no violations of state law or regulations” after a state-owned corporation awarded a sole-source contract to the grandson of a major contributor to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s 2018 election campaign. The department’s conclusions were outlined in a Jan. 29 memo from Attorney General-designee Treg Taylor to Dunleavy’s chief of staff, Ben Stevens. The memo reviewed the contract with Clark Penney, grandson of developer B...

January 29th |     Leaders of the state development bank now must decide what to do with a failed North Slope oil project in which they have invested $70 million. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority took control of the Mustang project in December following years of fits and starts by former operator Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. that ultimately led the state-owned authority to foreclose on the project assets. Approximately a year ago the AIDEA board of directors approv...

  Although the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, has been around since 1967, it is true were not exactly a household name. However, AIDEA recently gained attention when it was identified as the successful bidder for multiple tracts in the federal Bureau of Land Managements recent oil and gas lease sale. These tracts are located within the Section 1002 Area designated under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, aka ANILCA, a small part of the Arctic N...

Alaska development bank forecloses on oil field assets after $70 million investment Published January 21 Share on Facebook Print article Leaders of the state development bank now must decide what to do with a failed North Slope oil project in which they have invested $70 million. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority took control of the Mustang project in December following years of fits and starts by former operator Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. that ultimately led the st...

He will inherit a Justice Department that Biden and other critics say has curtailed prosecution of polluters under President Trump.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. government held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale Wednesday for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an event critics labeled as a bust with major oil companies staying on the sidelines and a state corporation emerging as the main bidder. The sale, held as scheduled after a judge Tuesday rejected requests by Indigenous and conservation groups to halt the event, garnered bids on half the 22 tracts that were listed as available in the refuge’s coastal...