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Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling
1 month, 1 week ago

Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the economic lifeblood and many felt the Biden administration has obstructed efforts to boost the state’s diminished production. A debate over drilling on federal lands on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope …

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Environmentalists urge US to plan ‘phasedown’ of Alaska’s key oil pipeline amid climate concerns
6 months, 1 week ago

Environmentalists urge US to plan ‘phasedown’ of Alaska’s key oil pipeline amid climate concerns

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system and develop a plan for a “managed phasedown” of the 800-mile pipeline, which is Alaska’s economic lifeline. “Every drop of oil that moves through the pipeline is more climate devastation, both here in Alaska and around …

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A shooting stuns an indigenous whaling village on Alaska’s desolate North Slope
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A shooting stuns an indigenous whaling village on Alaska’s desolate North Slope

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them. North Slope Borough police found a man and woman dead and two other men wounded when officers responded …

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Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal judge on Thursday upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a decision that environmental groups swiftly vowed to fight. The administration has defended its climate record, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland earlier this year called Willow “a very long and complicated and difficult decision to make,’’ …

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US: Helicopter with state workers crashes into Alaska lake; no survivors found
1 year, 5 months ago

US: Helicopter with state workers crashes into Alaska lake; no survivors found

India TV News  

A helicopter crash in Alaska's North Slope region left no survivors, officials said on Friday. The helicopter had been chartered by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the department said in a statement on Friday. A North Slope Borough search and rescue team in a helicopter found debris matching the description of the missing helicopter, but no bodies had been …

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The Alaskan wilderness reveals the past and the future
1 year, 8 months ago

The Alaskan wilderness reveals the past and the future

Hindustan Times  

It is June in the Alaskan Arctic and two grizzlies are traversing the tundra at an hour that would, at lower latitudes, be dawn. In the early days of Alaska’s oil boom a reporter marvelled at oil workers’ fortitude, noting that “another species has been added to the handful capable of surviving in the North Slope wilderness—the oil man.” When …

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Willow oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift
1 year, 9 months ago

Willow oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives, with some saying that oil money can’t counter the damages caused by climate change and others defending the project as economically vital. Two lawsuits filed almost immediately by environmentalists and one Alaska Native …

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Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change. Leshy, a professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, called the decision …

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Alaska’s Willow oil project is controversial. Here’s why.
1 year, 9 months ago

Alaska’s Willow oil project is controversial. Here’s why.

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden’s climate goals. The decision on ConocoPhillips Alaska’s Willow project, in a federal oil reserve roughly the size of Indiana, was revealed …

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Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

Firstpost  

The announcement comes a day after the administration, in a big conservation move, said it would bar or limit drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, one of President Joe Biden’s most consequential climate choices that is …

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TikTok push targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan
1 year, 9 months ago

TikTok push targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A social media campaign urging President Joe Biden to reject an oil development project on Alaska’s remote North Slope has rapidly gained steam on TikTok and other platforms, reflecting the unease many young Americans feel about climate change. “I think a lot of young people are feeling a little bit betrayed by that.” At the same time, …

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Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bomb.” The move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it as a betrayal of the president’s …

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Op-Ed: Wait, what? The Biden administration wants to drill on Alaska’s North Slope?
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Wait, what? The Biden administration wants to drill on Alaska’s North Slope?

LA Times  

The bitter end of the fossil fuel era is playing out in one of the world’s wildest remaining places: Alaska’s North Slope. On Friday, the Interior Department released a draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the Willow project, an oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that Interior says would release as much as 284 million metric tons of carbon dioxide …

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