Why I won't be sending you a Nat Herz bobblehead
A thank-you for Northern Journal's first year in business, and a request as it heads into year two.
Nathaniel Herz
Interesting Stuff: Apache's return to the North Slope, AIDEA's pro-Pebble legal contract and the death of snow days
Also: The pilot in the Halibut Cove float plane-boat faceoff makes her case to a federal judge, and a high-profile hire in the Alaska Senate.
If Alaska wants more Cook Inlet gas, taxpayers should get ready to pony up
The state will likely have to spend real money to get companies to drill more wells in Cook Inlet. But how much should Alaska invest in petroleum when cheap wind and solar are on the horizon?
With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for executive action
A federal agency says it's considering a rewrite to guidelines that shape management plans for Bering Sea and other fisheries. But it has not yet committed to taking action.
Interesting stuff: a guilty plea in Kachemak Bay seaplane case, a state contract for McKinsey and Dunleavy's revived pro-family efforts
Plus: an array of stakeholders weigh in on Anchorage's electric utility's proposal to raise rates, AIDEA pays $500,000 for road data and Dunleavy gets a new press aide.
A new rush arrives on the Seward Peninsula: for graphite, not gold
Graphite is crucial for electrical vehicles, but China controls the global supply. A mine on the Seward Peninsula could help change that — but it's perched above an essential Iñupiaq subsistence area.
Amid natural gas crunch, an Alaska utility asks to resurrect in-state gas pipeline
Enstar wants to take over the project last estimated to cost $10 billion. But its own chief executive acknowledges that the pipeline isn't viable without multi-billion-dollar subsidies from the state.