Mining News: Mineral, oil and law experts lead DNR 12/19/2010
Parnell calls on attorney general to lead natural resources department, calls on Fogels, Balash to bring energy, mining experience
Since being elected to his first full term as Alaska's governor in November, Gov. Sean Parnell has delivered tough words to groups he sees as attempting to block the development of the state's resourc...

Industry critic pushes for Exxon payment 12/12/2010
Steiner files motion in federal court in Anchorage seeking to force the company to pay $92 million for unanticipated spill damage
An Alaska conservationist and oil industry critic is asking a federal judge to order ExxonMobil to pay an extra $92 million for the 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound. Rick Steiner filed an amicus...

Mining News: Alaska lawyers fend off enviros, feds 11/21/2010
Attorney general informs miners of law department's strategy to protect responsible development of state's natural resources
Under the leadership of Gov. Sean Parnell, the Alaska Department of Law has not hesitated in taking up cases important to the responsible development of the state's natural resources. Parnell, who ass...

Mining News: AMA serves surf and turf at 2010 meeting 11/21/2010
Presenters feed mining industry healthy portions of Alaska fish data alongside usual fare of geological, mining project updates
Miners, explorers, suppliers and others interested in Alaska's mining industry got a generous helping of surf and turf during the Alaska Miners Association 2010 Annual Convention and Trade Show, held...

Grappling with gas delivery from storage 11/21/2010
An important factor for Cook Inlet Natural Gas Alaska's planned new gas storage facility on the Kenai Peninsula is the ability of the Southcentral Alaska gas pipeline infrastructure to ship gas at a f...

RCA hears testimony on CINGSA facility 11/21/2010
Utilities present the case for moving ahead with gas storage development as Cook Inlet gas deliverability continues to decline
With possible shortfalls in utility gas deliverability from Alaska's Cook Inlet basin causing increasing concern in Southcentral Alaska, Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, or CINGSA, has been push...

Attorney General Sullivan to head DNR 11/21/2010
Gov. Parnell picks Sullivan as commissioner of Natural Resources, replacing Irwin; no new AG named; Hartig stays at DEC
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell announced the first of his cabinet picks Nov. 18 at the Resource Development Council for Alaska's annual conference. Parnell took over in mid-2009 after Gov. Sarah Palin resig...

RDC, state of Alaska hosting ESA primer 11/14/2010
The Resource Development Council and the State of Alaska will host an Endangered Species Act primer Nov. 16 from 1-5 p.m. at the Dena'ina Center. Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan and former Gov....