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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: Interior Policy, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Senate, Don Young, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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State Appealing Polar Bear Ruling
The Associated PressThe state of Alaska is appealing a federal court ruling that global warming is threatening the polar bear. Attorney General John Burns said the government's 2008 decision to give the bear protections under the Endangered Species Act was based on...Tags: Conservation, Endangered Species, Sean Parnell, Justice System, Judges
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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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics
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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, Water, Maria Cantwell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Murkowski
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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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics
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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, Seafood, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Foods and Beverages, Politics
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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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Referenda, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Politics
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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: Tools and Hardware, Elections, Government, Chicago Hotels, Standards
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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: Agricultural Research and Technology, Petroleum Industry, Mark Begich, Science and Technology, Alaska
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Federal agency approves Shell drilling plan for Arctic
The Associated PressA key federal agency has given conditional approval to Shell Oil Co.'s plans to begin drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska's coast as early as next year. Thursday's approval by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation is...Tags: Alaska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Judge Backs Scientists on Polar Bears
The Associated PressA federal judge is upholding a decision by government scientists that global warming is threatening the polar bear's survival. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Thursday ruled that a May 2008 decision to place the bear on the endangered species...Tags: Endangered Species, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest
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BP To Settle Federal Lawsuit Over 2006 Spills for $25M
KTUU.comThe Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that BP’s Alaska unit will pay $25 million in civil penalties to settle a federal lawsuit over 2006 crude oil spills from its North Slope pipelines. Under the settlement, which also involves the...Tags: Disasters, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Emergency Incidents, Alaska
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