Dunleavy Administration Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on Oil and Gas Tax Credit Bonds

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Dunleavy Administration Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on Oil and Gas Tax Credit Bonds

  (Anchorage) – Friday the Alaska Supreme Court, in Forrer v. State of Alaska, struck down legislation enacted under the previous Walker administration in 2018 that authorized the issuance of “subject-to-appropriation” bonds to pay outstanding cashable oil and gas tax credits.  According to the Department of Revenue, there is $743 million in outstanding tax credits […]

Microplastics Million Times More Abundant in the Ocean Than Previously Thought

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Microplastics Million Times More Abundant in the Ocean Than Previously Thought

Mini-microplastics uncovered in the stomachs of filter-feeding marine organisms Nothing seems safe from plastic contamination. A new study by NSF-funded researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests there could be a million times more pieces of plastic in the ocean than previously estimated. Biological oceanographer Jennifer Brandon found some of the tiniest microplastics in seawater at much higher […]