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This undated handout photo provided by NASA shows the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctic. Two new studies indicate that part of the huge West Antarctic ice sheet is starting a slow collapse in an unstoppable way. Alarmed scientists say that means even more sea level rise than they figured. (AP Photo/NASA)

Energy and Environment

NASA spots worrisome Antarctic ice sheet melt

The Associated Press -

May 12, 2014 6:55 pm

Oil and gas pipelines run into Alyeska's trans-Alaska oil pipeline pump station one on Alaska's North Slope Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, near Deadhorse, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

Energy and Environment

Don’t let politics ruin Alaska’s energy future

Anthony Sadar -

April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Another blast of arctic air follows latest snow

News

Another blast of arctic air follows latest snow

Ben Nuckols -

March 4, 2014 8:30 am

Flint Hills says North Pole Refinery will close

Business

Flint Hills says North Pole Refinery will close

Dan Joling -

February 5, 2014 3:08 am

The mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by tugs in high winds and high seas some 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, in December 2012. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Energy and Environment

After a year on ice, Shell looks to Arctic drilling

Zack Colman -

January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel either misunderstands or is purposely misusing a federal law that allows oil exploration and drilling in a coastal corner of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is challenging Jewel. (AP PHOTO/Illustration by ESRI)

Columnists

Showdown in the Arctic: Alaska challenges Obama

Ron Arnold -

July 19, 2013 4:00 am

This aerial image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, Incident Management Team commander, observing the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground during an overflight off a small island near Kodiak Island Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. No leak has been seen from the drilling ship that grounded off the island during a storm, officials said Wednesday, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Sara Francis)

Energy and Environment

Critics say grounding shows Arctic drilling danger

Dan Joling -

January 2, 2013 5:00 am

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by the tugs Aiviq and Nanuq in 29 mph winds and 20-foot seas 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The crews remain stationed with the drill rig Kulluk Sunday 20 miles from Alaska's Kodiak Island as they wait in rough seas for another tug boat to arrive. The Coast Guard says the goal is to tow the Kulluk to a safe harbor and determine the next step. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Energy and Environment

Grounded oil drilling ship in Arctic: No fuel sheen, no sign that hull is breached

Mary Pemberton -

January 1, 2013 5:00 am

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