Displaying items 49-60 of 5497
» View ktuu.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-459
•
Next >
-
Anchorage Putting the Brakes on I/M Testing
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage's I/M vehicle testing program could be over as early as Mar. 1, according to Mayor Dan Sullivan. The Environmental Protection Agency approved the State of Alaska and Municipality of Anchorage’s plan to eliminate I/M testing in Anchorage,...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
-
ConocoPhillips Bridge Project Get Feds Backing
Channel 2 NewsConocoPhillips Alaska is a step closer to building a bridge across the Colville River on Alaska's North Slope, which could lead to the first petroleum production within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Two federal agencies announced Monday they...Tags: Energy Resources, ConocoPhillips, Natural Resources, Environmental Politics, U.S. Army
-
ConocoPhillips: Corps Grants Permit for Petroleum Reserve Access
Channel 2 NewsConocoPhillips has received a federal permit that will allow the oil company to build bridge and pipeline crossings over Alaska's Colville River and gain access to leases within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The Army Corps of Engineers announced...Tags: Energy Resources, NPR, Economy, Business and Finance, Natural Resources, U.S. Army
-
Arctic Offshore Drilling: Air Permitting Changes in Spending Bill
Channel 2 NewsArctic offshore drilling could move closer to development after new language was introduced in the House’s 2012 Department of Interior spending bill. Alaska’s D.C. delegation is praising language that transfers air quality authority from...Tags: Washington, DC, Don Young, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of the Interior, Environmental Politics
-
Emissions Testing Could Be Eliminated in Anchorage
Channel 2 NewsInspection and Maintenance (I/M) testing could soon be a thing of the past for Anchorage drivers. The Municipality of Anchorage received notification from the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday that it will likely approve the city's request...Tags: Regional Authority, Standards, Environmental Politics, Politics
-
Senator Encourages EPA to Block Pebble Mine
Channel 2 NewsCongress is weighing in on the debate over the proposed gold and copper mine, known as Pebble Mine, in the Bristol Bay area. Monday, Washington state Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator...Tags: Regional Authority, Aquaculture, Environmental Politics, Maria Cantwell, Water
-
EPA Issues Air Permits to Shell for Arctic Offshore Drilling
Channel 2 NewsShell Oil won two critical permits it needs to drill in Arctic waters off Alaska's continental shelf. The Environmental Protection Agency issued final air quality permits Monday to the oil company for exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. This...Tags: Regional Authority, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Politics, Politics
-
Major Seafood Processor Agrees to Civil Penalty
The Associated PressThe Environmental Protection Agency says a Seattle-based seafood company will pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated clean water law at processing plants in Alaska. The EPA says in a news release that Trident Seafoods...Tags: Regional Authority, Environmental Politics, Seafood, Politics, Foods and Beverages
-
Voters Reject Air Quality Ballot Initiative
Fairbanks voters have soundly rejected a ballot initiative aimed at improving air quality.
If passed in Tuesday's election, the initiative would have banned outdoor wood-fired boilers and coal-fired devices, as well as creating emissions standards for...Tags: Standards, Environmental Politics, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Referenda, Politics
-
Results Tallied in Juneau, Fairbanks, Kenai Elections
Voters in elections across Alaska Tuesday defeated proposals that would tax plastic shopping bags in Juneau and ban outdoor wood-fired boilers in Fairbanks, chose a Fairbanks assembly member and brought the mayor’s race in the Kenai Peninsula...Tags: Government, Local Elections, Standards, Environmental Politics, Citizens Initiative and Recall
-
Obama Creates Group for Alaska Energy Development
President Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order creating an interagency working group to coordinate energy development in Alaska.
Interior Department Deputy Secretary David Hayes will chair the high-level group.
Hayes says on the White House blog...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Alaska, Science and Technology, Politics
-
Eielson Air Force Base Agrees to Pay EPA Fine
Matt Buxton, Fairbanks Daily-News MinerEielson Air Force Base has agreed to pay a fine for mismanaging hazardous waste. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/yrJsTR) says the base has reached an agreement with the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The settlement...Tags: Environmental Politics, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
Jan 11, 2012
|Story| KTUU
Dec 5, 2011
|Story| AP Alaska
Dec 19, 2011
|Story| AP Alaska
Dec 15, 2011
|Story| KTUU
Sep 7, 2011
|Story| KTUU
Sep 12, 2011
|Story| KTUU
Sep 19, 2011
|Story| KTUU
Sep 28, 2011
|Story| AP Alaska
Oct 5, 2011
|Story| AP Alaska
Oct 5, 2011
|Story| AP Alaska
Jul 12, 2011
|Story| KTUU
Mar 15, 2012
|Story| AP Alaska
Original site for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency topic gallery.