“We do not want to see our state residents and small businesses forced to compete with private data centers for supply of natural gas or their utility bills driven sky-high, anytime soon or into the future.” - Sens. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, Forrest Dunbar, D-Anchorage, Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, and Scott Kawasaki, D-Fairbanks, in a letter to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
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By Yereth Rosen
The three Republicans and one Democrat seeking to become Alaska’s next governor pitched their visions for state healthcare policy on Wednesday to an audience of experts: members of the Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association.
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By James Brooks
Acting like a waiter presenting a divided restaurant dinner table with the bill, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources filed suit against nine different North Slope oil and gas operators last month, seeking to determine who is financially responsible for three semi-abandoned wells.
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By Corinne Smith
The prospect of data centers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has raised public concern and scrutiny of a proposed state land transfer of nearly 20,000 acres to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. Now, Alaska lawmakers are weighing in with legal concerns about the state’s proposal.
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COMMENTARY
By Stan Jones
Everyone debating the Alaska LNG project assumes the developer wants what it says it wants: to build an 800-mile natural gas pipeline.
But look at Glenfarne’s deeds instead of its words, and a different possibility emerges.
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Sept. 21, 11:30 p.m.: Resource Development Council governor candidate forum, Dena’ina Center — all four candidates confirmed, closed to the public
Sept. 21, 6 p.m.: Alaska gubernatorial energy forum @ Anchorage Public Library — Alaska Public Media’s Lori Townshend hosting; all four governor candidates confirmed
Sept. 22, noon: Anchorage rotary governor candidate forum, Petroleum Club in Anchorage — all four candidates confirmed
Sept. 23, noon: gubernatorial forum on recreation, trails and related economic issues, 11th Annual Confluence Summit, Cordova; JKT confirmed
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