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Alaska LNG Project

2015-09-04 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology

The Alaska LNG Project is a proposed liquefied natural gas export project to be constructed in Nikiski, an industrial town located on Alaskas Kenai Peninsula, southwest of Anchorage.

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Obama walks a fine line on climate in Alaska, and so do Alaskans

2015-09-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: President Obama hopes his three-day tour of Alaska this week highlights the devastating impacts of climate change in the Arctic, even though it comes just two weeks after he approved a permit for Shell to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea. That move has generated ire from many environmentalists who see this trip as hypocritical. But the conflicting actions demonstrate the grey area Obama is attempting to navigate around climate change: He is fighting for global warming action, particularly in the...

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Pipeline Anxiety Spurs Alaska Plea for Obama Open Spigots

2015-08-31 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: The U.S. agreed earlier this month to allow Royal Dutch Shell Plc to resume Arctic oil exploration, yet state officials say it may not be enough to save the 800-mile (1,300-kilometer) pipeline, Alaskas economic lifeline for the past 40 years. Efforts to limit drilling and dwindling volumes on the line may eventually make it difficult to move crude at all. We have an oil pipeline thats two-thirds empty, Walker, a Republican-turned-independent, said in a telephone interview from Anchorage. Its...

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This new high tech network is recording climate data across Alaska

2015-08-31 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Fortune: Engineers are building a data and sensor network across remote and icy Alaska to record how the state is being transformed by climate change. This week, President Obama is bringing some rare attention to how climate change is impacting Alaska, with a visit to the state and an official name change for the nations highest mountain. But much more quietly, an important sensor network is slowly being built across the state that collects crucial information about how the warming temperatures are transforming...

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Obama addresses criticisms of Arctic oil drilling ahead of Alaska trip

2015-08-29 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mashable: President Barack Obama is will be arriving in Alaska on Monday for a three-day tour of the state, which will become the longest trip to the state by a sitting president and make him the first president to visit the Arctic Circle. During this week's address centered around the trip, Obama highlighted his reasons for the visit. Aside from Alaska's beautiful scenery, Obama's focus will be working with Alaskan communities as well as foreign Arctic countries in order to address the impacts of climate...

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