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Alaska Gold Miners Remain Optimistic Despite Dropping Gold Prices
Channel 2 NewsThe price of gold has been dropping for six days as of Friday and local miners say the declines haven't dampened their optimism. The Alaska chapter of the Gold Prospectors Association of America spent part of Friday teaching Anchorage area sixth graders...Tags: Gold and Precious Material, Metal and Mineral
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Proposed Palmer Dump Stirs Up Toxic Debate
Channel 2 NewsConcerned Mat-Su Valley residents are now challenging a monofill facility because they say it's a threat to their quality of life and in the past the same group has fended a proposed prison and coal mine. "It’s serious, and it shouldn't be...Tags: Metal and Mineral
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Canada Company Pulls Out of Mining Project near Tok
A Canada mining company has withdrawn from an exploration project near Tok, saying it will focus on another, more advanced project in Alaska. Vancouver-based Heatherdale Resources recently announced it no longer holds an interest in the Delta Project...
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Keystone Center Offers Discussion On Pebble's Study
Channel 2 NewsMarine mammals ranging from sea otters to sea ducks were discussed on the final day of a science panel put on by The Keystone Center, a company hired by The Pebble Partnership, to review The Pebble Partnership Environmental Baseline Studies. At the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Zoology, Science and Technology, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Politics
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EPA Releases Revised Draft Assessment of Bristol Bay Mining
Channel 2 NewsA revised draft assessment of mining near Bristol Bay, based on projected output from a facility like the proposed Pebble Mine, says a similar project could deny dozens of miles of streams to fish and would have to be monitored for centuries after its...Tags: Northern Dynasty Minerals Limited, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Conservation, Science and Technology
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Groups Propose Own Plans for Bristol Bay
Channel 2 NewsTribes and conservation interests are proposing their own land-use plan for the Bristol Bay region. In January, the Department of Natural Resources released a plan it said would substantially increase the amount of land classified as wildlife habitat....Tags: Conservation, Land Resources, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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Petition Seeks to Stop Chuitna Coal Mine and Similar Mines
Channel 2 NewsTwo local organizations filed a petition Wednesday with the Department of Fish and Game seeking to ban coal strip mining through Alaska salmon streams. Authors of the petition, Cook Inletkeeper and Chuitna Citizens Coalition, want to ensure the...Tags: Conservation, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues
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Alaska Railroad Losing 54 Positions, Laying Off 29 Employees
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Railroad Corp. says it will have to lay off more than two dozen people and leave a similar number of positions unfilled, due to budget shortfalls that have forced it to restructure the organization. The move comes after what the railroad...Tags: Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Energy Resources, Job Layoffs, Economy, Business and Finance
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Timothy Dooley Appointed to Nome Superior Court
Channel 2 NewsGov. Sean Parnell has appointed an Anchorage attorney to the Nome Superior Court. Parnell, in a news release, says Timothy Dooley will be an asset to the community. He says Dooley's breadth of experience and temperament have prepared him for his new...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Metal and Mineral, Labor Legislation, Petroleum Industry
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EPA Plans Revision of Bristol Bay Mining Assessment
Channel 2 NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency says it is revising its assessment of large-scale mining activities near Bristol Bay -- including the proposed Pebble Mine -- in response to comments from peer reviewers as well as the general public. In a Tuesday...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Sutton Coal Fires Still Burn After 50 Years
Channel 2 NewsJust two miles north on Jonesville Road in Sutton, an underground fire migrates through abandoned coal mines. In 2006, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources spent $3.3 million on extinguishing the coal fires on a 45 acre lot in Sutton. Less than...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Coal
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White Mountains Mining Plan Draws Scrutiny
Channel 2 NewsA new alternative plan by the Bureau of Land Management would allow mining in a portion of the White Mountains National Recreation Area north of Fairbanks. The BLM says the Alternative D plan is not its preferred alternative for land management of the 1...Tags: Land Resources, Metal and Mineral
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