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On Feb. 20, the Alaska House voted unanimously in favor of House Joint Resolution 6 in support of the development of the Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. HJR 6 by Rep. Josiah Patkotak, I-Utqiaġvik, urges the U.S. Department of the Interior to support the responsible d...

Alaska North Slope crude plunged $2.24 Feb. 22 to close at $77.48 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate dropped $2.21 to close at $73.95 and Brent plummeted $2.45 to close at $80.60. In a trading week that saw ANS slide out of the low $80s range it has enjoyed most days of February, Feb. 22 mark...

Now? ten years from now. i put that question to the transportation secretary. would his administration commit to the long term. heres what he had to say. >> health issues, environmental issues can last for years, dec decades. first of all, we will never forget the people of east palestine and will support them with everything weve got. second, the best way to deal with an ecological disaster is to stop it from happening in the first place. thats a big part of where my department come in. thats w...

The Disasters Emergency Committee’s fundraising appeal to support victims of this month’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has raised £93m, less than two weeks after it launched.

The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has approved a unit plan of operations for the development of Raven pad at the Milne Point unit on the North Slope. Hilcorp Alaska, the Milne Point unit working interest owner and operator, submitted a request for the approval in November. The division noted in its...

The Alaska Railbelt electric utilities are working with the state on a plan for major upgrades to the Alaska Railbelt electricity transmission system, to improve the reliability of the system while also enabling the implementation of a more diverse portfolio of power generation resources, including...

As reported by The Center Square on Jan. 31, 25 Republican governors, including Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, oppose a revised federal rule regulating U.S. waterways, citing uncertainty from an undecided U.S. Supreme Court case related to the rule. According to the article by Derek Draplin, regional ed...

Those people have no shelter. theyre sleeping in the open, nothing to save them, nothing to protect them from the elements. these people are in need of food and water and health care. there are so many challenges for us humanitarians on the ground, in terms of access. for the irc, which is a member of the dec, the disasters emergency committee, we do have a challenge in terms of funding and access. so we need to call on donors to ramp up and increase the funding so we can continue operating and ...

Given the continuing need for predictable gas-fired power generation to ensure reliable electricity supplies in the Alaska Railbelt there will likely be a future need to import liquefied natural gas, as production from Cook Inlet gas fields continues to fall in the coming years, the CEOs of the Rail...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Feb. 7 in its February Short-Term Energy Outlook that it has lowered its 2023 U.S. natural gas price forecast to $3.40 per million British thermal units, down 47% from the 2022 price, and down 30.5% from its January forecast of $4.90 per million Btu, a...