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Satellite Images Reveal Beavers Are Transforming The Arctic “Like Wildfire”
Satellite Images Reveal Beavers Are Transforming The Arctic “Like Wildfire” (Dan Pepper/Getty Images) Beavers are taking over the Alaskan tundra, completely transforming its waterways, and accelerating climate change in the Arctic. The changes are so sudden and drastic that they’re clearly visible from space. As the Arctic tundra warms, woody plants are growing along its rivers and […]
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling Technology is keeping patches of Alaska permafrost frozen to preserve energy infrastructure even as indigenous residents’ world is transformed by the climate crisis An oil pipeline stretches across the landscape outside Prudhoe Bay in North Slope borough, Alaska. Photograph: Bonnie Jo […]
BP Is The Latest Major Oil Company To Shutter Operations In Alaska
BP Is The Latest Major Oil Company To Shutter Operations In Alaska Yet another major oil company has backed away from one of the frontier oil discoveries of the late 20th century that not only cushioned them from OPEC, but helped them learn to drill in some of the most difficult areas of the globe. After […]
North America Is Rattling: There Have Been 81 Significant Earthquakes In Alaska So Far In 2019
North America Is Rattling: There Have Been 81 Significant Earthquakes In Alaska So Far In 2019 Something is happening to our planet. The mainstream media is not talking much about this, and the experts assure us that everything is going to be just fine, but the truth is that we have been witnessing an unusual […]
A brief review of the Buckland, Alaska, solar project
A brief review of the Buckland, Alaska, solar project Buckland is one of a number of projects in remote Alaskan villages that aim to replace expensive diesel with “cheap” solar. Here I examine how much diesel the Buckland array will actually save and how cheap the solar electricity that replaces it will be. The results […]
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s Despite all of the other crazy news that is happening all around the world, the top headlines on Drudge on Monday evening were all about the record heatwave that is currently pummeling the […]
Two Mines Supply Half Of U.S. Silver Production & The Real Cost To Produce Silver
Two Mines Supply Half Of U.S. Silver Production & The Real Cost To Produce Silver Just two mines supply the United States with half of its silver production, and both are located in Alaska. It’s quite amazing that Alaska now produces half of the silver for the U.S. when only 30 years ago total mine […]
“The Whole Town Is Evacuating” – Tsunami Headed For Alaska After 8.2 Magnitude Earthquake
“The Whole Town Is Evacuating” – Tsunami Headed For Alaska After 8.2 Magnitude Earthquake A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake detected in the Gulf of Alaska has triggered tsunami warnings in Alaska and tsunami watches across several Western states through British Columbia all the way down to San Diego… Earthquake watches are also in effect for Hawaii […]
Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the oil industry. The consensus tax bill Republicans recently passed retains this measure, which was added to gain the key vote of Alaska Sen. […]
China Warns Japan: “Get Used To Our Warplanes”, Sends Spy Ship Near Alaska
China Warns Japan: “Get Used To Our Warplanes”, Sends Spy Ship Near Alaska In an unexpectedly brazen rattling of sabers, just days after China deployed troops to its first foreign base in Djibouti, a move which the Global Times clarified is “about protecting its own security, not about seeking to control the world, Beijing made […]
Trump’s ANWR move could spawn epic oil, natural gas battle: Fuel for Thought
Trump’s ANWR move could spawn epic oil, natural gas battle: Fuel for Thought Oil majors thirsty for reserves likely to line up for any lease sale President Trump has uncorked yet another controversy over energy vs the environment and it promises to be a heavyweight battle. The White House budget proposal includes a revenue line […]
After Years’ Long Push, Fracking Has Quietly Arrived in Alaska
After Years’ Long Push, Fracking Has Quietly Arrived in Alaska Hydraulic fracturing‘s horizontal drilling technique has enabled industry to tap otherwise difficult-to-access oil and gas in shale basins throughout the U.S. and increasingly throughout the world. And now “fracking,” as it’s known, could soon arrive at a new frontier: Alaska. As Bloomberg reported in March, Paul Basinski, a pioneer of […]
Is The End In Sight For Alaska’s Oil Based Economy?
Is The End In Sight For Alaska’s Oil Based Economy? Alaska has long been one of the few U.S. states without an income tax. Thanks to its incredible bounty of natural resources, the state had more than enough cash coming in through oil company taxes and especially Prudhoe Bay production. All of that is starting […]
How Oil Industry Lobbyists Played the Long Game to Access a Fuel-Rich Corner of Alaskan Wilderness
How Oil Industry Lobbyists Played the Long Game to Access a Fuel-Rich Corner of Alaskan Wilderness Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock This story was co-published by ProPublica and Politico Magazine. From his seat in the small plane flying over the largest remaining swath of American wilderness, Bruce Babbitt thought he could envision the legacy of one of his proudest achievements as […]
Shell ends exploration in Arctic near Alaska ‘for the foreseeable future’
Shell ends exploration in Arctic near Alaska ‘for the foreseeable future’ Shell spent upward of $7 billion US on offshore development in Chukchi, Beaufort seas Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well it just completed. Shell found indications of oil and gas in […]
