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Oil Spill Cleanup Continues at Valdez Boat Harbor
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 […]
Trump Administration Permits Oil Company to Harm Alaska’s Endangered Whales, Ice Seals
Liberty Would Be First Offshore Drilling Project in Federal Arctic Waters ANCHORAGE—The Trump administration Thursday announced the issuance of federal take permits that would allow Hilcorp Alaska to kill or seriously injure 14 whales and nine ice seals as it constructs the Liberty offshore drilling island. The controversial project would be the first offshore drilling […]
Carrie Irwin Brown named Alyeska’s Alaska Native Program Director
ANCHORAGE, AK – Carrie Irwin Brown joined Alyeska Pipeline Service Company as its Alaska Native Program Director in August. Carrie brings experience from a variety of Alaska organizations. She was most recently the Director of the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; prior to that, she was the Executive Director […]
BP Alaska Announces Alaska Asset Sale to Hilcorp
In an announcement on Tuesday morning, multinational oil and gas giant, BP Alaska announced the sale of its operations in Alaska to Hilcorp, one of the world’s largest privately-held oil and gas exploration and production corporations for a sum of $5.6 billion. The sale is to be completed in 2020 and is a part […]
U.S. Tribes Decry Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Approval
Despite admitted harm that the pipeline will cause, Prime Minister Trudeau prioritizes oil profits over Native people and the Salish Sea Seattle, WA —Today, the Canadian government formally approved the construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. This is the latest move since February, when a Canadian federal agency recommended approval of the Trans Mountain […]
Snubbing Law and Climate, Trump Issues New Permit for Keystone XL
Trump “can huff and puff all he wants: this pipeline isn’t getting built” President Donald Trump issued on Friday a new presidential permit to allow for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. “This is a ridiculous attempt by Trump to skirt due process to benefit an oil corporation,” said 350.org executive director […]