Dramatically increased shipping traffic in the Arctic along with offshore oil and gas development require enhanced Coast Guard equipment, international shipping standards and new port facilities to service all that activity, seven federal and private sector experts told U.S. Senator Mark Begich Monday during a Senate field hearing in Anchorage.
South Korea and China expressed their regrets over news coming out of North Korea Tuesday concerning that country's nuclear aims.
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives last night passed historic legislation enabling the state’s gasline development corporation to continue progressing towards building its Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP) project.
JUNEAU – Last night, in an effort to add much needed accountability and assurances Alaskans will get low-cost gas and the maximum benefit from a small diameter gasline, Democratic legislators in the Alaska House of Representatives offered a series of amendments to the gasline’s enabling legislation.