Offshore in Cook Inlet, a 'silent economy' hunts for gas to keep Alaska running Northern Journal helicoptered out to the offshore rig drilling for the increasingly scarce natural gas that powers urban Alaska.
Regulators, advocates warn of utility inaction as Alaska gas shortfall looms “The window for making decisions is closing,” said one top regulator. “If things just sort of slide and there’s no leadership, and we’re in the same position 12 months from now, we are looking at a dire, dire, situation. And people should get angry.”
