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Hydro project revives as energy alternative
CHAKACHAMNA: The $1.75 billion proposal once had a dam but now has a drain. Published: July 13th, 2008 12:03 AM Last Modified: July 13th, 2008 12:16 AM About three dozen proposals stood out as winners last ...
Lawmakers hear about natural gas needs at session hearings
State legislators continued hearings on Gov. Sarah Palin's proposal for a state license granted to TransCanada Corp.
Builds Framework for Future Beluga Hunts in Cook Inlet
NOAA's Fisheries Service today released a final environmental impact statement for the management of Alaska native subsistence hunting for beluga whales in Cook Inlet.
Funding limits renewable energy search
The outlook for renewable energy in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is good, but not great, said presenters at an evening conference on renewable energy held Thursday in Palmer.The good news is, Southcentral ...
Conoco spuds Beluga River unit well
BRU 243-34 first step in satisfying agreement with the state, increasing production in Cook Inlet; four more wells could follow ConocoPhillips spud the BRU 243-34 development well in the Cook Inlet basin on May ...
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Mayor questions advertising costs
Due to the cost of print advertising and the belief that more people are receiving information electronically, Kenai's mayor on Wednesday suggested the city council look into changing the way it gives notice of ... via Clarion Dispatch
Capital projects big and small would be funded under the proposed FY 2009 borough budget set to get its first public hearing Tuesday in Seward. via Clarion Dispatch
Alaska operators eye new drilling for gas at Cook Inlet
ConocoPhillips applied for permits for three new development wells in the North Cook Inlet field, as well as two new wells in the onshore Beluga gas field, company spokeswoman Natalie Loman said. via Platts
ANGDA continues work to get permits for spur line
One of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority's principle tasks has been doing planning work on a 20-inch or 24-inch spur pipeline that would connect a gas pipeline to the state's major populations ... via Alaska Journal of Commerce
Timing is everything to catch unusual wave
Published: April 22nd, 2008 03:48 AM Last Modified: April 22nd, 2008 06:43 AM If your visit is timed right, you are in for a special treat along Turnagain Arm. via Anchorage Daily News
TYONEK POPULATION: 199 LOCATION: On a bluff on the northwest shore of Cook Inlet, 43 miles southwest of Anchorage. via Anchorage Daily News
Nikiski Fire Department strengthens relationships
“The Department of Environmental Conservation always relied on us when it comes to certain substances other than oil”
Six months into his new position as Nikiski fire chief, James Baisden and the Nikiski Fire Servie Area Board opened Station 1 to industry leaders, answered questions, listened to comments and outlined their ... via Clarion Dispatch
Gravel pit for west side needs slated
“This site is for community purposes”
A 10-acre site near the Kenai Peninsula Borough landfill, not far from Beluga on the west side of Cook Inlet, has been set aside for developing a gravel pit. via Clarion Dispatch
Alaska: Citizens' Group Sues Over Chuitna Coal Plan
“There are seven fish sites that will be destroyed”
A citizens' group has filed a lawsuit over a proposal to develop a large strip coal mine across Cook Inlet from Alaska's largest city. via Canadian Business Magazine
Agrium to mothball Nikiski facility
“I look forward to Kenai continuing to grow”
Agrium's Nikiski fertilizer plant shut down last year. The company has determined it will not be pursuing a coal gasification project. via Clarion Dispatch
Junior widens net to capture sapphires
True North Gems has expanded its Beluga sapphire property by staking six additional claims, thereby doubling holdings. via Petroleum News
“Because they recognize the declines at a point where its not sustainable”
How will subsistence hunting fall into the debate of whether or not to list beluga whales as endangered? The process to sort that question out started Tuesday night. via KTVA Anchorage
Public comment sought in Beluga harvest issue
“If you send in a comment or send in six (comments), we will address every one of those points.”
With the conservation status of the Cook Inlet beluga whale hanging in the balance, the National Marine Fisheries Service seeks public input as it deliberates the future of the beluga whale federal subsistence ... via Clarion Dispatch
“The hope is this community will be in support of economic development that is environmentally sound”
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