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Cook Inlet Sees an Upswing in Exploration
Channel 2 NewsCook Inlet saw an upswing in oil and gas exploration in 2011. The Peninsula Clarion (http://bit.ly/uhBa2B) says three independent oil and gas companies are drilling new wells and another independent submitted more than 90 bids in a near-record Cook Inlet...Tags: Natural Resources, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues
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Rare Arctic Owls Visiting Washington State
Channel 2 NewsSnowy owls from the Arctic are making a rare visit to Western Washington this year. The Seattle Times reports (http://bit.ly/sVpJcT) that the owls have been spotted from Grays Harbor County to an industrial park in Renton in King County. The last time...Tags: Natural Resources, Wildlife, Environmental Issues
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Nome: Russian Ship Heads to Alaska
Channel 2 NewsA Russian fuel tanker has been thwarted by international red tape and slowed by ocean currents, but it's keeping to its mission to deliver petroleum products to the iced-in city of Nome. The western Alaska city normally gets fuel by barge, but a storm...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues
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Alaska Supreme Court Holds Hearing at West High
Channel 2 NewsHundreds of Anchorage School District students gathered Wednesday for a real-life lesson on the Alaska Supreme Court. Justices gaveled in during a rare hearing outside the courtroom, held in the West High School auditorium. It's something the court tried...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, The Beatles (music group), Exxon Mobil Corporation
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DNR Commissioner: New Mission Statement Isn't Philosophical Change
The Associated PressA state commissioner on Tuesday tried to allay criticism from Alaska conservation groups and some lawmakers who say proposed changes to the Department of Natural Resources' mission statement indicates a pro-development bent. The previous statement says...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Laws, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Point Thomson Lease Case on tap for Alaska Supreme Court
Dan JolingState attorneys will appear before the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue that a lower court judge incorrectly interpreted state law on how the Department of Natural Resources terminates undeveloped petroleum leases. The appeal is an offshoot...Tags: Natural Resources, Judges, Energy Resources, Justice System, Justice System
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Enstar Parent Company Sold to Canada's AltaGas
Enstar parent company SEMCO Energy has been sold to Canada’s AltaGas, which has agreed to pay more than $1.1 billion to acquire natural gas businesses in Alaska and Michigan.
AltaGas says the firms are a good fit with its own assets and part of a...Tags: Natural Resources, Continental Energy Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Natural Gas, Energy Resources
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Alaska Lawmaker Wants to Shut Down Development in New York's Central Park
Alaska Ketchikan Rep. Kyle Johansen has proposed a resolution in the state Capitol urging the U.S. Congress to declare New York's Central Park as a wilderness area, subjecting it to the same building and construction restrictions currently affecting...Tags: Natural Resources, Central Park, Politics, Government, Forestry and Timber
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State Rep. Kyle Johansen Proposes Central Park Takeover
The Associated PressState Rep. Kyle Johansen might have penned a resolution urging the federal government to take over New York City's Central Park, but he might not have expected a hearing on the issue -- let alone a mention in The New York Times. But he's got both. The...Tags: Politics, Mike Chenault, Forestry and Timber, National Government, Wildlife
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State Senate Finance Committee Hears Oil and Gas Decoupling Proposal
Channel 2 NewsThe Senate Finance Committee took up a proposal to tax oil profits and gas profits separately, a process known as "decoupling." It's a complex question that could cost the state millions of dollars, if oil prices get relatively higher than gas prices....Tags: Politics, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Sean Parnell
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Engineering Firm Donates Software to UAF
Channel 2 NewsThe University of Alaska Fairbanks says an engineering company has made a $1.6 million software donation to the school's petroleum engineering department. Petroleum Experts, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, is donating 10 copies of a suite of six programs...Tags: Natural Resources, Technology, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Education
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New In-State Natural Gas Pipeline Legislation Introduced in Juneau
Channel 2 NewsTwo Republican lawmakers introduced new legislation Tuesday to push an in-state natural gas pipeline. House Speaker Mike Chenault (R-Nikiski) and Rep. Mike Hawker (R-Anchorage) have introduced the legislation that would, in part, turn three current...Tags: Natural Resources, Mike Chenault, Natural Gas, Energy Resources, Sean Parnell
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