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EPA Blocks Pebble Mine-AP

EPA Blocks Pebble Mine-AP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world because of concerns about its environmental impact on a rich Alaska aquatic ecosystem that supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.

DOT Seeks Comments

DOT Seeks Comments

Your input has helped shape the Draft Long-Range Transportation Plan and Freight Plan – and they’re now ready for public comment and review! View Virtual Public Meeting #3 to learn about the draft plans’ goals and actions and how they will guide transportation in Alaska for the next 25 years: https://arcg.is/15vmm2.

Another Company Gives Up ANWR Lease-AP

Another Company Gives Up ANWR Lease-AP

An Alaska state corporation is the only remaining leaseholder in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that intends to pursue plans to explore for oil and gas on the refuge’s coastal plain after another private company gave up its lease in the region.