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Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing?
Channel 2 NewsLast week, National Marine Fisheries Service officials made the decision to consider listing a harbor seal population in Lake Iliamna as endangered or threatened--yet another piece of wood on the controversial fire that is the Pebble Mine project. In...Tags: Wildlife, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Biology, National Marine Fisheries Service , Science and Technology
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Walk & Roll for Hope Takes Place Saturday
Channel 2 NewsThe Hope Community Resources 44th Annual Walk & Roll for Hope event starts Saturday, May 4, at the west end of the Delany Park Strip in Anchorage. Check-in for the event will open at 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:00 a.m. According to a Katie...Tags: Environmental Issues
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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: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mining, Northern Dynasty Minerals Limited, Metal and Mineral, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Oil Tax Repeal Group Kicks Off Campaign
Channel 2 NewsA group of Alaskans want to repeal Gov. Sean Parnell's new oil tax legislation, calling it a massive giveaway of Alaska's resources. The move continues a debate on what should be done to improve the state's oil and gas industry. Parnell says the new...Tags: Regional Authority, Agriculture, Executive Branch, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Referenda
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UAA Senses Time is Right to Launch Startup Companies
Channel 2 NewsThe University of Alaska Anchorage is getting into the business of creating businesses -- and it’s announced its first startup company, a venture created to sell new sensor platforms. In the past, universities have had the reputation of being ivory...Tags: Education, Business, New Products, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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Alaska, DOE Agree to Study Unconventional Energy
The Associated PressThe federal Department of Energy has signed an agreement with Alaska to study unconventional energy resources in the Arctic. DOE Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith and Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources
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Rare Birthing Event at AWCC
Channel 2 NewsTwo spectacular births took place Sunday morning at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Two pregnant musk oxen cows went into labor around 6 a.m. and calved at the same time. The musk oxen calves, a male and a female, have been named Ricky and...Tags: Wildlife, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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ConocoPhillips Delays 2014 Arctic Marine Drilling
ConocoPhillips Alaska says it will delay its 2014 plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast. In a press release, the company announced that it will put its Chukchi Sea drilling plans on hold "because of...
Tags: Interior Policy, ConocoPhillips, Greenpeace, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Issues
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Committee Tweaks Oil Tax Bill
Channel 2 NewsThe House Resources Committee has advanced a rewritten oil tax bill. It sets the base tax rate at 33 percent, lower than the level that passed the Senate. It deletes a board that would have been established to review Alaska's competitiveness. "I was...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Issues, Sean Parnell
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Committee Proposes More Changes for Oil Tax Bill
Channel 2 NewsWith less than two weeks left until the end of the legislative session, the House Resources Committee proposed more changes to Governor Sean Parnell’s oil tax reform bill. The 35 percent base tax rate will remain in place, but a provision for a...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Environmental Issues, Sean Parnell, Politics
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Begich Holds Hearing on Arctic Waters' Opportunities, Challenges
Channel 2 NewsOn Wednesday, several representatives from around the state and nation met to discuss what challenges lay ahead in the Arctic in light of increased traffic there, as well as the economic benefits. Sen. Mark Begich, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Issues
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Senators Defend Vote on Oil Taxes
Members of the Alaska Senate reconvened Thursday for a reconsideration vote on Senate Bill 21, Gov. Sean Parnell's legislation to change the oil tax structure in Alaska. The measure passed 11-9, the same margin by which senators voted to pass the...
Tags: Elections, Environmental Issues, Sean Parnell, Politics
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