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AVTEC receives $40,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum Foundation for oil spill simulation software

By Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Jun 21, 2021   Featured, General News, Science/Education  

AVTEC receives $40,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum Foundation for oil spill simulation software

SEWARD, Alaska — Alaska Vocational Technical Center received a $40,000 grant from the Marathon Petroleum Foundation to purchase an oil spill response module. The simulation will be incorporated at the Kongsberg Full Mission Bridge Simulator at AVTEC’s First Lake Campus. “We couldn’t be more excited about this new training opportunity for mariners across Alaska,” said […]

Judge’s ruling on EPA chemical dispersants lawsuit impacts Alaska

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper, Sharon Donovan | Earth Island Institute on Jun 26, 2020   Featured, State  

Judge’s ruling on EPA chemical dispersants lawsuit impacts Alaska

  A significant ruling came down recently in a lawsuit regarding the use of oil spill chemical dispersants that has an Alaska connection. In addition to its relevance to the oil industry in Alaska, several plaintiffs in the case are based in Alaska: Alaska’s Cook Inletkeeper, which has spent the past 25 years holding the oil and […]

Plastic Discs Keep Returning Home

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Nov 29, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Plastic Discs Keep Returning Home

Forty years later, another plastic canary has come home to roost. In August, University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Ben Jones was hiking near Drew Point on the northern coast of Alaska. He noticed pilot Jim Webster walking toward him, while flicking a little yellow Frisbee his way. That yellow plastic disc, about 7 inches round, […]

Coast Guard issues Administrative Order to Lower Kuskokwin School District

By 17th District online newsroom on Aug 17, 2019   Featured, Rural, State  

Coast Guard issues Administrative Order to Lower Kuskokwin School District

  Photo: The Napakiak School fuel storage facility sits 76 feet from the riverbank’s erosion point, along the Kuskokwim River. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard issued Administrative Order to the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD), Friday, to remove all fuel oils from the Napakiak School fuel storage facility by Aug. […]

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