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Nathaniel Herz is an Anchorage-based journalist and the author of Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here.
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Political pressure builds as state-led Alaska LNG project goes another year without a deal

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This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. Political pressure is building on Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s...
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Alaska senator vows to kill renewables bill as energy debate heats up in Juneau

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Boosters say the legislation would give clear guidance to the state’s electric utilities to start shifting to wind and solar power amid a shortage of the locally produced natural gas that currently powers their plants. 
Environment

Tribes say Biden administration failed to consult on grant to graphite mine

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Several leaders from the tribal governments have previously voiced concerns about the proposed graphite mine, which would sit next to an estuary that supports salmon and other species that residents of the region depend on for subsistence.
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Monthly premiums for health insurance on the federal marketplace will rise 16% in Alaska next year

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The year-to-year increase in Alaska’s individual market is among the highest in the nation, in a state that already has some of the nation’s steepest health care costs.
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With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for executive action

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This article was republished from Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here. Amid catastrophic shortfalls in salmon harvests in some of Alaska’s rural, Indigenous communities,...
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A new rush arrives on the Seward Peninsula: for graphite, not gold

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This article is republished from Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here. SEWARD PENINSULA — Ducks and swans flew overhead as Sylvester Ayek, 82,...
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Alaska Watches, Nervously, as Ukraine War Pushes More Russian Oil Through Bering Strait

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Nathaniel Herz welcomes tips at natherz@gmail.com or (907) 793-0312. This article was originally published in Northern Journal, a newsletter from Herz. Subscribe at this link. The war in Ukraine appears to...
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LNG Imports Likely Coming to Anchorage. Advocates Say Policy Changes Can Forestall Them.

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This article was originally published by Northern Journal and is republished here with permission. You can subscribe to Northern Journal here. If you pay for...
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Gleason Hands Alaska and AIDEA an Arctic Refuge Defeat

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This story was originally published in the Northern Journal, and was republished here with permission. To subscribe to the Northern Journal, go here. A federal...
Commentary

Dunleavy’s Investment Whisperer, a Death on the North Slope

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This week’s digest of short news items from across Alaska includes items on the death of a North Slope oil industry engineer who was...
News

Anchorage’s Electric Utility Elects Two “Clean Energy” Board Candidates, Re-Elects Incumbent Chair

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Members of Chugach Electric Association, the Anchorage-based cooperative utility that generates nearly half of urban Alaska’s power, rejected one incumbent and elected two new...
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As Natural Gas Shortage Looms, Alaska Utilities and Advocates Feud Over Renewable Power Bill

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Even before Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a bill to require the state’s utilities to generate more power from renewable sources, executives were...
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