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newsminer on March 31st, 2012

FAIRBANKS – The path hasn’t always been easy for women of ambition, those females who want more for themselves than babies, bread and boys. Barriers exist at almost every level. It takes a dedicate…

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Editorial It’s encouraging to see that the governor’s campaign to “choose respect” continues to gain ground, with more than 120 communities staging rallies this past week. Of course, more than ra…

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FAIRBANKS — The Wall Street Journal put a overoptimistic spin on the Point Thomson announcement Friday by Gov. Sean Parnell and the letter from three oil companies, claiming it “clears the way” for…

Continue reading about ‘Alignment’ on gas line is not like straightening car wheels

 

In a development project put forward in 2009, ExxonMobil had already agreed to build a 70,000 barrel per day pipeline to connect Point Thomson to the eastern reaches of the existing North Slope pip…

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The Wall Street Journal is putting a extremely optimistic spin on the Point Thomson announcement today by Gov. Sean Parnell and the letter from three oil companies, claiming it "clears the way…

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Here is the letter from the heads of BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil to Gov. Sean Parnell in which they say they will  study gas pipeline alternatives as a group. They said the idea of shippin…

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One-time Fairbanksan Mike Doogan, the best writer who has ever served in the Alaska Legislature, doesn’t assign a staff member to craft his legislative newsletter, which has nothing in common wit…

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The Japanese company that owns the Pogo mine near Delta says a large new deposit has been discovered 1,000 feet northeast of the main ore body, containing more than 1.2  million ounces of gold. …

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JUNEAU — The Alaska Capitol was buzzing with Friday’s news that the Point Thomson settlement could pave the way for a major liquefied natural gas pipeline to bring North Slope’s resources to Alaska…

Continue reading about Legislators still seek short-term relief for Interior Alaska energy prices

 

newsminer on March 31st, 2012

SEATTLE – With a derelict Japanese fishing boat floating off the coast of Canada, U.S. senators from Alaska and Washington state say the United States needs to hurry up and get ready for more debri…

Continue reading about Cantwell, Begich: Plan now for tsunami debris