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NASA Image of Alaska Depicts Spring-like Temperatures and Thaw

written by Yale Environment 360

As the continental U.S. faced frigid weather and major winter storms in January, Alaska experienced record high temperatures. A map based on NASA satellite data shows that the last half of January was one of the warmest winter periods in Alaska’s history, with temperatures as much as 40

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February 5, 2014 0 comment
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“Safe drilling in the Far North is a Fantasy” But Court Says Otherwise

written by Walter Wang

Commenting on Monday’s ruling by a federal judge in Anchorage that Shell’s oil spill plans for drilling in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi seas don’t violate environmental laws, Greenpeace International Arctic campaigner Ben Ayliffe said:

“Even a cursory glance at Shell’s oil spill response

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August 8, 2013 1 comment
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Alaska Project to Test Energy Promise of Small, Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

written by Yale Environment 360

A wind farm being planned in a remote Alaska village will seek to demonstrate that small, vertical-axis turbines can produce more energy than conventional wind turbines and cause less environmental damage.

While the turbines used in most standard wind farm projects can produce turbulence that actually

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April 9, 2013 4 comments
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Green Coalition Files Lawsuit Over U.S. Arctic Drilling Approval

written by Yale Environment 360

A coalition of environmental groups and Alaska natives has filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. approval of Shell Oil’s plans to drill off the Alaska coast.

The lawsuit — led by Earthjustice, the Alaska Wilderness League, and the Natural Resource Defense Council — alleges that Shell’s plans to drill

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October 2, 2011 0 comment
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U.S. Conditionally Approves Shell’s Oil Drilling Plans in Arctic Ocean

written by Yale Environment 360

U.S. government regulators have conditionally approved Shell Exploration’s plans to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska. Drilling could begin as early as next July.

The decision is a setback for various environmental groups and indigenous people, who are concerned

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August 6, 2011 1 comment
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Kivalina – A Climate Change Story

written by Walter Wang

The remote Alaska Native village of Kivalina has been in danger for a number of years from the effects of climate change.

“Sea ice no longer adequately forms on the village’s coastline, leaving the tiny island—perched on a thin strip of land between a sea and a lagoon—vulnerable to storms and erosion, and requiring relocation.”

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July 25, 2011 0 comment
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Oil Leak Is Latest Mishap for Alaska’s Troubled Pipelines

written by Walter Wang

Almost all oil production on Alaska’s North Slope remains shut down after workers on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline system discovered a leak over the weekend. BP, the pipeline company’s largest single owner, has called it a “significant event.”

BP is no stranger to pipeline problems in Alaska. We recently reported that a BP

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January 10, 2011 0 comment
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Mass Water Shipment Planned From Alaska to India

written by Yale Environment 360

A Texas company has announced that it is moving forward with a plan to ship 2.9 billion to 9 billion gallons of water a year from the small Alaskan town of Sitka to the west coast of India. If the company, S2C Global Systems, succeeds in carrying out the shipments, the deal would represent the world’s first regular, bulk exports of water via tanker. The city of Sitka, a water-rich community of 8,600 people located on Baranof Island off Alaska’s southeast coast, is supporting the plan to export the water for a penny a gallon from its Blue Lake reservoir.

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July 13, 2010 3 comments
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BP’s Trust Issues – The Case of Alaska

written by Walter Wang

Six years after a scathing 2001 internal review of BP’s Alaska operations found that the company wasn’t maintaining safety equipment and faced “a fundamental lack of trust” among workers, a follow-up study concluded BP had made little headway in addressing those concerns.

The 2007 review, obtained by ProPublica, is based on a survey of more than 400 BP workers and contractors across Alaska greater Prudhoe Bay drilling fields. Three of four workers surveyed said that BP’s maintenance

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June 28, 2010 0 comment
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U.S. to Suspend Arctic Drilling: Alaska Senator

written by Walter Wang

(Reuters) – The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a suspension of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic until 2011 as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, an Alaska senator said.

Democratic Senator Mark Begich said he had been told by the Interior Department that the Obama administration will announce that consideration of any applications for exploratory drilling in the Arctic is suspended until 2011.

The suspension is part of measures President Barack Obama plans to order in response to the runaway oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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May 27, 2010 1 comment
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Green Law: Supreme Court Decision on Wastewater Dumping

written by Joe Walsh

Supreme Court watchers are hitting the refresh button often as the term wraps up and decisions are released in bunches.

Monday saw a significant ruling for the clean-tech observer as the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold an Army Corps of Engineers ruling that allowed an Alaskan mining company to dump slurry waste into a nearby lake as a permanent disposal method.

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June 26, 2009 0 comment
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