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Alaska

Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska | #alaska | #politics

CNN — The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved. The ConocoPhillips proposed Willow drilling plan is a massive and decadeslong project that the state’s bipartisan Congressional delegation says will create […]

Alaska

Biden is blamed for downturn in new oil drilling, but fossil fuel companies are the ones hitting pause | #alaska | #politics

CNN — OPEC+’s decision this week to slash oil production – and now the looming threat of higher gas prices – has pushed Republican rhetoric into familiar territory: President Joe Biden’s green policies are making Americans pay more at the pump. Republicans in Congress have slammed Biden’s attempts since he took office to curb new […]

Alabama

Republicans voted ‘no’ on the climate bill. Their states will get billions of dollars from it anyway | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — Republicans in Congress unanimously opposed Democrats’ $750 billion climate and health law, deriding it as a payout to “elite” and “liberal” states. But the states those Republicans represent will soon see a financial windfall in the form of billions of dollars to decarbonize the country, experts told CNN. Republican rhetoric decried the law […]

Alaska

Bill Allen, key figure in Alaska corruption scandal, dies | Ap | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska — Bill Allen, a central figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. He was 85. Allen’s death was reported by Alaska media, citing a brief death announcement on the website for a Colorado funeral home, which said Allen died on June 29. A person who answered the phone there […]

Alaska

Bill Allen, key figure in Alaska corruption scandal, dies | National News | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Bill Allen, a central figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. He was 85. Allen’s death was reported by Alaska media, citing a brief death announcement on the website for a Colorado funeral home, which said Allen died on June 29. A person who answered the phone […]

Alaska

Bill Allen, key figure in Alaska corruption scandal, dies | Obituaries | #alaska | #politics

Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | Govt-and-politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, a Republican who faces reelection this year, vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed […]

Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | National Politics | #alaska | #politics

Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | Govt. & Politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, who faces reelection this year, called the spending plan responsible. He vetoed hundreds of millions […]

Alaska

Bidder in Alaska refuge oil and gas lease sale cancels lease | Politics | #alaska | #politics

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of the bidders in an oil and gas lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last year has canceled the lease it bought, the U.S. Interior Department said. Regenerate Alaska, a subsidiary of Australia-based 88 Energy Ltd., was one of three entities that won leases during the sale held […]