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Walker touts tax to push AK LNG

“I’m not trying to buy love. I’m trying to sell gas.” So declared Gov. Bill Walker in a…

High-level talks on Air Force One will continue

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High-level talks on Air Force One will continue

I  was not quite a teenager when I had my first interaction with the federal government. In 1963,…

Steve Jones, dressed as “Frost Paw” the polar bear, waves to President Barack Obama’s motorcade as it heads toward Exit Glacier on Tuesday in Seward. Jones, a representative from the Center for Biological Diversity, gathered with a crowd of activists along the Seward Highway waving signs to encourage the President to take action on climate change. While environmentalists praise the president for curbing greenhouse gases, they pillory him for granting Shell permission to drill in the Chukchi Sea for the first time in 24 years. On Tuesday, the president of Shell Oil Co. said he expects more protests.-Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Shell president optimistic about drilling in Arctic

ANCHORAGE — The president of Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday that exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is…

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BP, ExxonMobil seek more Prudhoe gas

BP and ExxonMobil, two of the three major Prudhoe Bay field owners, have applied to the Alaska Oil…

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Consultants: State-led gasline project could undermine industry-led plan

Two consultants to the state Legislature have warned that Gov. Bill Walker’s quest for an expanded state-led natural…

Rodger McCampbell

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Ranger Roger retires

The history of Alaska State Parks Chief Ranger Roger MacCampbell’s career mirrors that of lower Kenai Peninsula state…

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Legislators push back on Walker gas plan; industry takes wait-and-see approach

Just as things seemed to be going reasonably well for the large Alaska LNG Project, the $45 billion…

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Alaska’s congressional delegation vows fight after federal moves on ANWR, OCS

If tickets could be sold to Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hearings in March on the Interior Department’s annual appropriation,…

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State expert: Peninsula older than rest of state

Go to a play, shopping, an art opening or any public gathering, and you might notice something about…

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State expert: Peninsula older than rest of state

Go to a play, shopping, an art opening or any public gathering, and you might notice something about…

SB 21 is flawed: Alaska can do better

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SB 21 is flawed: Alaska can do better

The referendum to repeal Alaska’s new oil tax legislation gives citizens the power to decide what is good…

Vote Yes: Some answers on Ballot Measure 1

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Vote Yes: Some answers on Ballot Measure 1

The governor has the ability to veto any bill he does not think is in the best interest…

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Kudos to Conoco; let trickle begin

  In a day and age of corporate men, I am Conocoman. I confess, even with leftist leanings…