America needs antimony for weapons and solar panels. The mining industry is looking to Alaska. Two Australian companies are pursuing federal funding to jump-start antimony mining near Fairbanks and Anchorage.
Data centers face growing opposition Outside. Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants them in Alaska. The Republican governor says Alaska has in excess what the data industry is finding increasingly scarce Outside: land and water, if not cheap electricity. He also says new data centers would boost the case for Alaska’s proposed natural gas pipeline.
Interesting Stuff: How Alaska regulators ignored a gas conservation scheme. And: What happened to those Kodiak king salmon? The Regulatory Commission of Alaska rejected a proposal to increase electricity rates for heavier users. And: updates on the Kodiak king salmon bycatch incident and the future of Peter Pan Seafood.
In latest sign of North Slope’s evolution, privately owned Texas company targets Chevron’s Alaska assets A little known Texas company is buying a share of a key North Slope pipeline and asked to buy all of Chevron's oil interests in the region — reviving questions about the Alaska oil industry’s capacity to decommission aging infrastructure and pay damages in the event of a spill.
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“Huge disaster”: Historically weak pink salmon runs strain Alaska’s seine fishermen Skippers in Prince William Sound and Kodiak say this year's pink harvest is one of the worst they’ve ever seen. “I wake up every morning and I try to apply for a different job," one said.