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Alaska lawmakers rejected Dunleavy’s first pick, a talk show host, for a lucrative fish job. His new pick? An ex-talk show host

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Meet Rick Green, the new face of Alaska's fisheries regulation.
Environment

Shell abandons North Slope oil leases, raising questions about the industry’s future in Alaska

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As the world pivots toward lower-carbon energy sources in response to global warming, experts say some of the state’s hard-to-tap oil prospects are becoming less attractive.
Environment

Biden administration advances bid to list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered or threatened

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Experts say that the conservation group’s request, if granted, could force restrictions not just on salmon fishermen but also on activity that affects river habitat, like road and residential construction.
Environment

Something woolly is afoot in Alaska

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A mammoth investigation.
News

This oil platform stopped pumping 30 years ago. Alaska still won’t make the owner tear it down

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Removing all the offshore oil infrastructure from Cook Inlet could cost $1 billion. But some platforms have sat idle for decades, as inspectors say they're in an "advanced state of disrepair."
Environment

An Alaska Olympian went to D.C. to testify on climate change. Then a senator dredged up four-year-old tweets

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Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy subjected Anchorage cross-country skier Gus Schumacher to a pop quiz about climate science in an exchange that went viral in conservative circles.
News

AIDEA signs new consulting contracts, two with ex-Dunleavy aides, paying up to $295/hour

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This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. Alaska’s state-owned economic development agency has retained four consultants aimed at boosting its...
Economy

New grant could revolutionize home heating and power generation for Northwest Alaska

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The 850 heat pumps represent one for “every residence” in the villages of Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Noorvik, Selawik and Shungnak.
Environment

New salmon study adds to evidence that pink salmon could be crowding out sockeye

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Big energy news for the Northwest Arctic Borough, while a new study adds to the pile of evidence suggesting that booming, hatchery-boosted pink salmon populations could be harming wild sockeye.
Anchorage

Can jet-setting ski racers be climate activists? Anchorage athlete leans into ‘imperfect advocacy.’

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Climate change poses an existential threat to cross-country skiing. But it's hard to talk about for some top athletes, who fear being accused of hypocrisy because of their travel-intensive lifestyles.
Oil & Gas

Alaska lawmaker’s bid to revive stalled green energy policy defines coal as ‘clean’

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Sutton Republican Rep. George Rauscher says he wants to encourage innovation without leaving fossil fuels behind. But one critic is blasting his new bill as a “jumbled mess.”
Environment

Green energy advocates say Anchorage electric utility is ‘freezing out’ its efforts to draft a gas-saving price structure

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This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. A green power advocacy group says Anchorage’s electric utility is thwarting its...
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