WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today issued the following statement after language transferring air permitting authority for outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and gas development off Alaska’s Arctic coast from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the 2012 Department of the Interior spending bill.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich yesterday released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the 30-day public comment period has started for the revised Exploration Plan submitted by Shell for a multi-year exploration drilling program in the Chukchi Sea, beginning in July 2012.
Measure to cut interest rates for Alaskans who put their training to work in Alaska JUNEAU – Yesterday, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) and Representative David Guttenberg (D-Fairbanks) announced that they have pre-filed a bill to reduce the cost of student loans for Alaskans who put their training to work in Alaska.
PALMER, Alaska-Yesterday evening, January 10th, at approximately 6:20 pm, according to Alaska State trooper reports, officers stopped Gregory R Mothershead, age 28, of Palmer while he was riding a green, Honda ATV.