Imagine spending 4 days traveling miles up a frozen river in Alaska by snow machine, auguring holes through ice as thick as 80 cm, and looking for juvenile salmon. That’s the adventure NOAA’s Alaska Region Habitat Conservation Division Hydropower Coordinator Susan Walker and colleague Jeff Davis set off on last February on the Susitna River, […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Following weeks of demonstrations in Seattle protesting Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic Drilling program, Anchorage residents gathered on the corner of Northern Lights and Minnesota at a local Shell gas station to join the international chorus speaking out about the controversial oil exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. A 30ft long banner […]
In a blow to environmentalists, the Obama administration gave conditional approval to oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to go ahead with drilling six exploratory oil wells in the Chukchi Sea. The conditional approval by the Interior Department sets aside a major hurdle for the oil company as it continues with its plans for drilling in […]
The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed today that they had reached a plea agreement with Noble Drilling LLC for environmental and maritime crimes concerning the Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in a case that was initiated in 2012. Noble will plead guilty to eight felony offenses in exchange for limiting their liability for […]