Tag: Alaska

The tax bill will open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Oil from Alaskan refuge not coming before 2030, Energy Department says

John Siciliano · June 15, 2018 7:22 pm

Democrats have long been successful in blocking Republican efforts to allow energy exploration in a 1.5 million acre section of the 19.6 million acres of ANWR known as the â1002 area,â where billions of barrels of crude oil lie beneath the coastal plain.

Energy and Environment

Interior Department worried about application for oil, gas exploration in ANWR

Josh Siegel · May 31, 2018 3:45 pm

FILE - In this July 13, 2007 file photo, a worker with the Pebble Mine project digs in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska. The Trump administration settled a lawsuit Friday, May 12, 2017, over the proposed development of a massive copper and gold deposit near the headwaters of a world-premier salmon fishery in southwest Alaska.

Energy and Environment

Main financier of Alaska gold mine pulls out of controversial project, putting its future in doubt

Josh Siegel · May 25, 2018 6:48 pm

Lava shoots into the night sky from active fissures on the lower east rift of the Kilauea volcano on Tuesday near Pahoa, Hawaii.

Energy and Environment

Senate votes to set up volcano early warning system as Hawaii smolders

John Siciliano · May 17, 2018 11:12 pm

An Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

US stealth fighters intercept Russian bombers off Alaskan coast

Robert King · May 12, 2018 2:45 pm

Pence: One of the North Korea prisoners asked to see the sunlight in Alaska

Pete Kasperowicz · May 10, 2018 7:38 am

The damaged Royal Shell Dutch drilling barge Kulluk is loaded onto the transport ship XRK in Unalaska, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. After the Kulluk is secured, the tow ship will take it to Singapore for repairs. The Kulluk drilled in the Beaufort Sea last year and was being towed to Seattle when it broke loose from its towing vessel and ran aground on New Year's Eve near Kodiak Island.

Energy and Environment

Interior Department gauging industry interest in drilling off Alaska’s coast

Josh Siegel · March 29, 2018 6:35 pm

Energy and Environment

Senate Energy attorney helped Alaskans achieve dream of drilling in Arctic refuge

Josh Siegel · March 20, 2018 7:38 pm

Insurers had warned that without the provision, known as the individual mandate, companies would look to leave the exchanges and premiums would rise. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Premera credits GOP tax law for its decision to stay in Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · March 12, 2018 6:36 pm

This week, students at East High School in Anchorage, Alaska had an active shooter drill where a police officer fired blank shots from a handgun while students stayed inside their classrooms and school administrators alerted people about the fake shooter. The purpose of the training was to teach students what gunfire would likely sound like in the hallways in a real active shooter situation. (Screenshot via Heather Hintze / Twitter)

Police officer fires blank rounds in high school hallway during active shooter drill: Watch

Katelyn Caralle · March 9, 2018 8:22 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, says President Trump's steel tariffs could add $500 million to the cost of a planned export terminal. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Energy and Environment

Lisa Murkowski says Trump’s steel tariffs could jack up cost of Alaska natural gas project

Josh Siegel · March 9, 2018 7:46 pm

The Trump administration is moving toward holding lease sales for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Republicans in 2017 were successful in achieving their long-pursued goal to allow energy exploration in the area as part of their tax overhaul legislation.

Energy and Environment

Interior to begin process of oil and gas leasing in Arctic refuge this month

Josh Siegel · March 8, 2018 9:46 pm