Response crews, made of Alyeska Pipeline, the Coast Guard and Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation report that as of Monday afternoon 798 barrels of water/oil mix has been collected from the spill that occurred just west of the Emergency Response Building at the Valdez Marine Terminal. Of that 33,516 gallons of water/oil mix, three […]
ANCHORAGE –The Fair Share Act initiative released the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed Friday challenging the initiative’s certification: “Surrogates for the international oil producers apparently agree Alaskans will vote in favor of getting a fair share of revenues from our three largest and most profitable oil fields. As a result, they have filed […]
ANCHORAGE – The current tax law, Senate Bill 21 (SB21), hurts Alaska most when the price of oil drops. “With dropping oil prices, Alaskans can no longer afford to subsidize multinational companies producing oil from our largest and most profitable oil fields,” says Jane Angvik co-sponsor of the Fair Share Act initiative. Currently, Alaska […]
WHITE HOUSE – With stock prices plunging amid an oil price war and the coronavirus crisis, U.S. President Donald Trump is to meet Monday afternoon with his economic advisors, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who will present him with policy options to counter the quickly emerging threats to the economy. White House sources […]