Alaska Environmental News

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
182 Members Send Bipartisan Letter Calling on Obama Admin to Open New Offshore Areas to American Energy Production, Job Creation
.... The outline project includes lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic-leaving portions of Alaska, the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts off-limit...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act
...WR. The project would open less than three percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to responsible energy development by directing th...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Natural Resources Committee Passes Bipartisan Components of American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act
...ecretary of the Interior to conduct oil and natural gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Alaska and Virginia that have been delayed or cancelled....

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Create 1.2 Million Jobs, Fund Infrastructure Plans by Reversing President Obama's Offshore Drilling Moratorium
...Coast, Gulf of Mexico lease sales #216 and #222, and lease sale #214 in the North Aleutian Basin of Alaska. ...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Business and Labor Organizations Support Republican Project to Expand American Energy Production, Create Jobs, and Fund Critical Infrastructure
...ependence of foreign oil, and generate much-needed ongoing revenues to the federal government." Alaska Chamber of Business "Responsible development ...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Open 3% of ANWR for New American Energy Production, Job Creation
... against unstable foreign energy supplies and help boost the national economy as well as the local, Alaska Native economies," said Natural Resources Committ...

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Full Committee to Markup Energy Jobs and Revenue Portion of American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act
... ANWR. The bill will open less than three percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to responsible energy development by directing th...

Monday, January 30th, 2012
E.P.A. suggests waste water discharge permits for oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
... seeking input on 2 outline waste water discharge permits for oil and gas exploration activities in Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The suggested Clean ...

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Haskell Indian Nations University and E.P.A. Declare Partnership Arrangement to Promote Environmental Careers
...a land grant institution located in Lawrence, Kan. For in excess of 117 years, American Indians and Alaska Natives have been sending their children to Haske...