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In Northwest Alaska, an economic engine runs low on ore
Red Dog mine has sustained hundreds of jobs and generated billions of dollars for Alaska Natives. It's set to close in 2031 unless its operator gets…
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Nathaniel Herz
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Biden administration advances conservation group's bid to list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered or threatened
Experts say that the request, if granted, could force restrictions not just on salmon fishermen but also on activity that affects river habitat, like…
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Nathaniel Herz
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Shell abandons North Slope oil leases, raising questions about the industry’s future in Alaska
As the world pivots toward lower-carbon energy sources in response to global warming, experts say some of the state’s hard-to-tap oil prospects are…
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Nathaniel Herz
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Something woolly is afoot in Alaska 🦣🦣
A mammoth investigation.
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Could Alaska be the final destination for Japan’s carbon pollution? The Biden administration wants to find out.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s new study is a reflection of the growing interest in injecting and storing climate-warming carbon pollution in…
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Nathaniel Herz
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This oil platform stopped pumping 30 years ago. Alaska still won’t make the owner tear it down.
Removing all the offshore oil infrastructure from Cook Inlet could cost $1 billion. But some platforms have sat idle for decades, as inspectors say…
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April 2024

Northern Journal goes multi-platform
Introducing the Northern Journal podcast.
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City spending standoff threatens Cook Inlet access for Anchorage boat launch users
The director of Anchorage's city-owned cargo port says maintaining the boat launch is a money-losing operation that his agency won't continue. No one…
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Nathaniel Herz
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In Donlin lawsuit, Murkowski, Sullivan and Peltola come to mining project's defense
Alaska's congressional delegation, in documents filed in federal court late Tuesday, called the proposed Donlin mine one of the state's “most important…
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Nathaniel Herz
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Alaska Senate proposes $7.5 million aid package for struggling fish processors
The program, if approved, would target smaller companies than those that won a share of more than $100 million in salmon and pollock purchases by the…
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Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers
The years-long debate is taking on increasing urgency, as subsistence harvesting bans continue and the policy responses under consideration threaten to…
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Troubled state-backed seafood company says it will lease out two plants, and could sell its assets
Peter Pan Seafoods said Thursday that another processing company would lease and operate two of its Alaska plants for the summer salmon season. But…
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