WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday released the following comment regarding the start of simultaneous preliminary work by Shell at the company’s Arctic leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
On Friday and on the weekend, Senator Begich will be traveling through Southeast Alaska, where he will be making stops in Ketchikan, Sitka and Juneau.
Scientists are describing what may be a "complete solution" to cleaning up oil spills — a superabsorbent material that sops up 40 times its own weight in oil and then can be shipped to an oil refinery and processed to recover the oil. Their article on the material appears in ACS' journal Energy & Fuels.
ANCHORAGE—U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that five individuals with ties to Kodiak, Alaska were indicted on charges of wire fraud for their role in embezzling almost $500,000 from Trident Seafoods.