Alaska receives donation for debris removal
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Juneau :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:37:42 -0700 | green-news
Alaska The state has received a $19,000 donation for marine debris cleanup on Alaska shores. The Department of Environmental Conservation said the gift is from the Hokkaido Development Engineering Center and members of the International Association of Cold Region Development...
Official: Competing apps could slow LNG project
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Fairbanks :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 11:08:02 -0700 | green-news
Alaska Competing applications to provide natural gas distribution in North Pole could slow decisions important to an overall liquefied natural gas trucking plan, a state official said. Gene Therriault, deputy director of the Alaska Energy Authority, told the Fairbanks City...
Parnell seeks federal disaster declaration
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Juneau :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 19:57:32 -0700 | green-news
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is seeking a federal disaster declaration following spring flooding on the Yukon River and tributaries. Parnell says in a release that the disaster has left 194 homes uninhabitable. He's seeking a federal designation for the Alaska...
The Big One: Canadians dig new earthquake evidence
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 19:52:24 -0700 | green-news
The last Big One a giant earthquake and tsunami off the Northwest Coast has been charted using cedar snags at the mouth of the Olympic Peninsula's Copalis River. Now, Canadian scientists have dug up evidence from sediments at the bottom...
Flood damages world's largest sockeye salmon hatchery
Source: United Press International
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 14:42:35 -0700 | green-news
The Gulkana Hatchery, the world's largest sockeye salmon hatchery, suffered substantial damage due to Gulkana River flooding, officials said. The hatchery's staff has been working to move specialized equipment to higher ground and secure potential contaminants since the flood hit...
Crews battling water on Richardson Highway
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 16:30:38 -0700 | green-news
Road crews are battling ongoing snowmelt-induced flooding and erosion on Alaska highways, says the state Department of Transportation. Water has been running across the roadway between milepost 186-189 of the Richardson Highway in recent days, said DOT spokeswoman Meadow Bailey....
More than 100 Galena homes are uninhabitable, according to flood assessment
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Fairbanks :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-10 20:15:38 -0700 | green-news
State and federal officials have declared 105 Galena homes to be "uninhabitable" following a preliminary assessment of flood damage in the Yukon River village. The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed...
Lawsuit filed to block bridge to Alaska reserve
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-05 18:32:04 -0700 | green-news
Alaska An Army Corps of Engineers permit granting ConocoPhillips permission to build a bridge across the Colville River to reach oil leases within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska was challenged in federal court Wednesday by an environmental group.
Light earthquake shakes Fairbanks
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-05 15:15:34 -0700 | green-news
Alaska A light earthquake shakes Alaska's second largest city, but there's been no reports of damage in Fairbanks. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says in a release that the earthquake happened just before 11 a.m...It was centered about 60 miles...
Long winter blamed for fish die-off in popular Interior lake
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Fairbanks :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-05 13:07:15 -0700 | green-news
Alaska Hundreds of dead fish are showing up in shallow water along the shore of a popular interior Alaska lake and wildlife officials say the region's long winter likely is the reason. Tom Taube of the Alaska Department of Fish...
U.S. studies domestic rare element potential
Source: United Press International
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-05 08:41:30 -0700 | green-news
A team of U.S. scientists is examining a deposit of rare earth elements in Alaska to better understand how they form...Mary's University in Halifax examined the geochemistry of a granite deposit at Bokan Mountain in Alaska...United States is 100 percent...
Rock slide damages truck, snarls traffic in Kodiak
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Kodiak :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-04 09:15:57 -0700 | green-news
Alaska One truck was damaged Monday when a rock slide occurred on a major Kodiak road. Edhdl) rocks began falling onto West Rezanof Drive from Pillar Mountain midday...Department of Transportation spokeswoman says a person driving a pickup hit one of...
Timber communities worried about budget impact
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Juneau :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-03 12:09:15 -0700 | green-news
Alaska A federal demand for repayment of funds has Alaska timber communities worried that a program that relies on the money for schools and other projects could be doomed...Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell has asked 41 states to return a...
Floodwaters drop after Alaska river ice jam breaks
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-30 16:25:56 -0700 | green-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press An ice-clogged river in Alaska's interior that submerged much of a remote town is flowing again and so far sparing another community along its path. Emergency responders say...
Meet America's First Climate Refugees
Source: Mother Jones
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-30 03:39:25 -0700 | green-news
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sabrina Warner keeps having the same nightmare: a huge wave rearing up out of the water and crashing over her home,...
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