Final Pebble hearing draws mix of views Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media, April 16, 2019 People who oppose the Pebble Mine – and quite a few who support it – came out in force Tuesday for the final Corps of Engineers hearing on the proposed mine. “I’m a fifth-generation commercial fisherman,” said 15-year-old Emily Taylor, a freshman at Dimond High … read more

  US candidate would ban new federal oil and gas leases Katherine Schmidt, Upstream, April 15, 2019 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said that if elected she would immediately ban the issuance of new federal oil and gas leases both on land and in offshore waters. Warren is part of a crowded field of Democratic candidates who have pledged to … read more

Here’s the nation’s only new coal plant. Is it the last? Dylan Brown, E & E News, Energywire: April 15, 2019 Finding America’s only new coal-fired power plant means trekking nearly to the Arctic Circle. The University of Alaska, Fairbanks, hopes to complete work this May on a new 17-megawatt facility that will replace an existing 55-year-old coal plant as … read more