US sets new offshore drilling rules 10/10/2010
The United States on Sept. 30 imposed new rules to make offshore drilling safer, but said it was not yet ready to lift a temporary ban on deepwater drilling. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called off...

Mining News: REEs become rarer on China export cuts 07/25/2010
The Far East country chokes global supply of the high-technology metals prompting the U.S. to stimulate domestic production
China, which mines the majority of the global supply of rare earth elements within its borders, has, over recent years, increasingly restricted its exports of the unique minerals to non-China-based pr...

BLM seeks nominees for advisory council 04/18/2010
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations to its 15-member Alaska Resource Advisory Council for positions representing constituents in the following areas of interest: energy/minerals (two...

BP in Alaska: Moving the oil � pipeline challenges 07/12/2009
Designing a pipeline that would transport Prudhoe Bay oil from Alaska's northern coast to its ice-free port of Valdez on Alaska's southern coast was an unprecedented engineering challenge. Three basic...

Congress gets climate change warnings 03/25/2007
Two Alaskans from different camps joined others in urging Congress March 20 to take action to address climate change. Deborah Williams, Alaska conservation activist and former special assistant for A...

Kempthorne backed sale of federal lands as U.S. Senator 05/07/2006
In the six weeks since he was nominated as U.S. Secretary of Interior, Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has sidestepped questions about whether he backs President Bush's proposal to sell off public lands to...

First northwest NPR-A drilling this winter 10/30/2005
If changes to BLM's northeast NPR-A plan approved by Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, lease sale there could occur next summer
If Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton approves the Bureau of Land Management's proposed changes in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska northeast area plan, BLM would hold a lease sale there this...

Federal agencies moving pipeline issues 05/22/2005
FERC, departments of Energy, Interior, tell Alaska legislators North Slope gas line issues moving forward in Washington
The amount of money Congress would have to appropriate for a federal loan guarantee would be in the 2-10 percent range and a joint pipeline office would be set up to oversee operation of an Alaska gas...

Feds say no to Florida drilling 04/20/2003
An aide to President Bush has assured Florida's two senators that pending energy legislation would not be used to lift a moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling within 100 miles of the state's gulf...

BP drops out 12/01/2002
One of the two companies that hold leases in ANWR has discontinued its membership in Arctic Power, saying it does not want to get involved in the upcoming debate
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has "discontinued its membership" in Arctic Power, the Anchorage-based association formed to promote drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,...

Fish and Wildlife head promotes cooperation with stakeholders 06/30/2002
Paul Hoffman, deputy assistant secretary of Interior, says if ANWR drilled, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Parks would be in charge of development
Paul Hoffman, deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the U.S. Department of the Interior was in Anchorage June 24 to meet with department employees in Alaska. Hoffman went on to...

Energy bill includes provision to open ANWR to oil drilling 05/28/2000
Legislation directs the secretary of Interior to offer leases in the coastal plain; revenue would be split evenly between the state and feds
Sen. Frank Murkowski has again resurrected efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, this time in a national energy policy bill announced May 16 with Senate Majority Leader...