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Fun and James Sarah James, Gwich'in activist and environmental prizewinner, answers readers' questions		15 Dec 2006	InterActivist
What are the Gwich'in Steering Committee's plans for the next two years, and what can all of us people who live in the Lower 48 do to help the committee in its work? -- Lenny Kohm, Todd, N.C. Sarah James, Gwich'in Steering Committee. We are going to continue to educate the world about global warming. People will see that it makes no sense to open a new place to drilling for oil, ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Gems Fightin' Words Federal agency predictions that mines would not pollute water were wrong, study says		12 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Gems Fightin' Words Federal agency predictions that mines would not pollute water were wrong, study says Before giving a precious-metal mine the go-ahead, federal agencies must find that the operation will not taint surrounding waterways with chemicals like arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, and cyanide. But for the past 25 years, agencies' pollution predictions "did not generally agree with reality,& ...
Topics: Alaska, mining and drilling, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Que Sarah, Sarah Sarah James, Gwich'in activist and environmental prizewinner, answers Grist's questions		11 Dec 2006	InterActivist
Sarah James. What work do you do? I am the board chairperson for the Gwich'in Steering Committee. I work as I live the life. And I am open to opportunities to tell my story in order to protect the calving and nursery grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd. What does your organization do? The Gwich'in Steering Committee works on behalf of the Gwich'in Nation to protect Iizhik Gwats' ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

When Teshekpuk Comes to Shove Sensitive Alaska wetlands spared from drilling plan -- for now		25 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
When Teshekpuk Comes to Shove Sensitive Alaska wetlands spared from drilling plan -- for now In good news for conservationists, the Department of Interior has announced willingness to exclude the sensitive Teshekpuk Lake wetlands from a region of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that it wants to open to oil and natural-gas drilling. The move has little to ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Put That in Your Pipe and Spill It BP spills in California, wants to open Alaska pipelines		13 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Put That in Your Pipe and Spill It BP spills in California, wants to open Alaska pipelines Beleaguered oil giant BP has admitted to yet another misdeed: a leak of 1,000 barrels of refined petro-product from an underground pipeline at the port of Long Beach, Calif. About 870 barrels had been recovered as of yesterday; authorities believe the leak did not taint water or ground soil. "We're pleased that there was ...
Topics: Alaska, California, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Unto the Lease of These Judge halts oil lease sale to protect Alaskan wetlands		08 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Unto the Lease of These Judge halts oil lease sale to protect Alaskan wetlands Ruling that the Bush administration failed to properly consider the impact of oil development on sensitive wetlands, a U.S. district judge has temporarily blocked an upcoming Alaska oil-lease sale of about 1.7 million acres. The Bushies had heard the call of up to 2 billion barrels of oil beneath the permaf ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Alaska Man Standing David Benton, head of the Marine Conservation Alliance, answers readers' questions		01 Sep 2006	InterActivist
David Benton, Marine Conservation Alliance. What have you found to be the best incentives to alleviate large numbers of bycatch in ocean fishing? Do large fishing boats wind up with a higher percentage of bycatch than smaller-scale fishing operations? -- Angela Mallard, Telluride, Colo. Bycatch control and reduction is an important conservation goal. In Alaska we have employed se ...
Topics: Alaska, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life (all these topics)

A Little More Conservation David Benton, head of the Marine Conservation Alliance, answers Grist's questions		28 Aug 2006	InterActivist
David Benton. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm executive director of the Marine Conservation Alliance, based in Juneau, Alaska. What does your organization do? MCA is a nonprofit organization established by the Alaska seafood industry that promotes sustainable fishing. America has an increasing appetite for healthy seafood, but we must be sure that ...
Topics: Alaska, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life (all these topics)

The Definition of Insanity Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling		25 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
The Definition of Insanity Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling As only makes sense following a disaster in northern Alaska involving oil spills and corroded pipelines, the Bush administration next month plans to open 8 million northwestern Alaska acres to oil and natural gas development. The area, in the National Petroleum Reserve, co ...
Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics)

God Hates BP BP hits more snafus in Prudhoe Bay		25 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
God Hates BP BP hits more snafus in Prudhoe Bay Beleaguered oil giant BP has halted leak testing on pipelines in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field after learning that workers may have been exposed to asbestos. Since a major spill in the oil field in early March, as many as 200 workers have been stripping insulation off of corroded pipelines to ready them for leak testing. Asbestos, which can cause lung disease or cancer if ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, toxics (all these topics)

Hey Man, Nice DOT More Alaska drilling proposed as DOT considers new pipeline regulations		17 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Hey Man, Nice DOT More Alaska drilling proposed as DOT considers new pipeline regulations Spurred by oil giant BP's many Alaska leaks, the Department of Transportation will soon propose tighter rules for minor petroleum pipelines. BP's North Slope lines were exempt from certain federal regulations because they operated at low pressure in a rural area, and weren't near commercially navigable waters. ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Transportation, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

So Much For 'Beyond Petroleum' BP pipeline fubar fallout continues		10 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
So Much For "Beyond Petroleum" BP pipeline fubar fallout continues Oil giant BP is weathering a ginormous poopstorm over its discovery of severe corrosion in an Alaskan oil pipeline and subsequent announcement that it would shut down its entire Prudhoe Bay oil field -- 8 percent of total U.S. production -- while it repaired the damage, which could take until January 2007. Alaska governor Frank Murkowski, whose state co ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Wouldn't Be Prudhoe BP shuts down major Alaskan oil field; poop to hit fan		07 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Wouldn't Be Prudhoe BP shuts down major Alaskan oil field; poop to hit fan Oil giant BP will temporarily shut down production at its Prudhoe Bay oil field, after "unexpectedly severe corrosion" and a small spill were discovered in an oil transit line on Sunday. That could mean trouble: the Prudhoe field represents nearly half the production from Alaska's North Slope, some 400,000 barrels a day, about 8 percent of total ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Nothing to Seep Here, Folks BP shuts down wells on North Slope after whistleblowers report leaks		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Nothing to Seep Here, Folks BP shuts down wells on North Slope after whistleblowers report leaks Oil giant BP is voluntarily shutting down 12 oil wells on Alaska's North Slope after employees alleged they were leaking. Whistleblowers told London's Financial Times that in some places, insulating material used to keep pipes from freezing -- usually crude oil or diesel -- had spilled onto the tundra. BP spokesflack Daren Beaudo sai ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Let's Feed Them Some Oil Execs Hungry polar bears eating each other		13 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Let's Feed Them Some Oil Execs Hungry polar bears eating each other We can't think of anything funny to say about this: polar bears, deprived of their natural food by longer seasons without ice, may be turning to cannibalism. In the journal Polar Biology, American and Canadian scientists reviewed three cases of polar bear cannibalism in early 2004 in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. The kills included a mama ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

My Name Is Prince and I Am Gunky Exxon Valdez disaster still screwing up Prince William Sound		18 May 2006	Daily Grist
My Name Is Prince and I Am Gunky Exxon Valdez disaster still screwing up Prince William Sound Wildlife in Alaska's Prince William Sound is still threatened by oil spilled from the tanker Exxon Valdez in 1989. According to a new study by researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service, some 100 tons of oil still pollute the sound shoreline and are potentially accessible to forag ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, oil, wildlife (all these topics)

Corrode to Perdition BP closes two more North Slope pipelines		09 May 2006	Daily Grist
Corrode to Perdition BP closes two more North Slope pipelines Oil giant -- oops, beyond oil giant -- BP is shutting down two more of its pipelines on Alaska's North Slope, at the expense of 22,000 barrels of crude (worth some $1.5 million) a day. Neither pipe had leaked yet, but BP officials have been monitoring serious corrosion problems, treating the pipes with chemicals to prevent further deterioration. The two pipes will lik ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Spinning Isn't Everything; It's the Only Thing Alaska looks to controversial PR firm to promote Arctic Refuge drilling		18 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Spinning Isn't Everything; It's the Only Thing Alaska looks to controversial PR firm to promote Arctic Refuge drilling In the face of broad public opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Alaska legislature has ... abandoned its push for drilling? Don't be silly! No, the legislature's hired a PR firm to sell the joys of drilling to a skeptical public. The firm expected to get the job, Pac/West Co ...
Topics: Alaska, mining and drilling, news (all these topics)

A Fit of Leak Another BP pipeline leaks in Alaska		18 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
A Fit of Leak Another BP pipeline leaks in Alaska Hot on the heels of last month's big oil spill, British petro-giant -- sorry, beyond-petro giant -- BP has confirmed that another pipeline ruptured on Alaska's North Slope on April 6, leaking 12,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The leak occurred at the same Prudhoe Bay oilfield as last month's 200,000-gallon oil spill, but was small enough th ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

How Not to Prove Your Innocence BP under criminal investigation for oil pipeline problems in Alaska		06 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
How Not to Prove Your Innocence BP under criminal investigation for oil pipeline problems in Alaska When your massively profitable oil company is under criminal investigation by the U.S. government for possible violations of the Clean Water Act, it's not a good idea to spill tens of thousands of gallons of crude onto the Alaskan tundra. So oopsie at BP. Turns out that fe ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Leak Shall Inhibit the Earth Northern Alaska pipeline leak may rank as one of region's largest		10 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Leak Shall Inhibit the Earth Northern Alaska pipeline leak may rank as one of region's largest Cleanup crews have been working in subzero temperatures to sop up crude oil and soiled snow near northern Alaska's Prudhoe Bay after what looks to be one of the largest spills ever in the region. The source of the crud(e) was discovered last Thursday by a BP oil worker: a quarter-inch rupture in the trans-Alaska ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, land degradation, news, oil (all these topics)

I Know You Are, Senator, But What Am I? Pro-drilling Alaska rep aims to punish anti-drilling Washington senators		28 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
I Know You Are, Senator, But What Am I? Pro-drilling Alaska rep aims to punish anti-drilling Washington senators In the august halls of government, an unwritten rule has been passed down over the years: If the other kids play mean, don't invite them over. Alaska state Rep. Kurt Olson (R) has sponsored a resolution in the Alaska legislature to end a ferry service that carts about 30,000 people a year between Alaska and W ...
Topics: Alaska, news, politics, Washington (all these topics)

Girl Juneau It's True Alaska guv wants to hire PR firm to burnish state's freeloading image		14 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Girl Juneau It's True Alaska guv wants to hire PR firm to burnish state's freeloading image Alaskans are widely perceived as freeloaders who suck tax money off the federal teat and plunder wild lands for profit, but that could all change if they hired the right PR person. Ha ha ... oh, wait, really? "Alaska does not just take. We give," said Gov. Frank Murkowski (R), a tad defensively. He wants to hire a public relations firm to help ...
Topics: Alaska, news (all these topics)

Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts		09 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts When President Bush said "America is addicted to oil," we thought ... wait, did we say this already? Yesterday, the administration proposed new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of Florida, Virginia, and Alaska -- including areas covered by a long-standing moratorium on offsh ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, Virginia (all these topics)

Exxon Lax Exxon posts record-breaking profit, tries to evade Exxon Valdez penalty		31 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Exxon Lax Exxon posts record-breaking profit, tries to evade Exxon Valdez penalty ExxonMobil has announced that it reaped $36 billion in profits for 2005 -- the largest single-year profit ever by any American corporation. In related news, last week Exxon lawyers asked a federal court to effectively waive $5 billion in punitive damages related to the massive 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, meant to compensat ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, news (all these topics)

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