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• Could Alaska be the final destination for Japan’s carbon pollution?

  09-05-2024 21:42 via ktoo.org
  
  Officials from Japanese energy companies listen to a presentation from U.S. Department of Energy officials at a carbon workshop Tuesday in Anchorage. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)
  For decades, Alaska shipped liquefied natural gas to Japan, which burned the fuel to generate power — and also generated ample climate-warming carbon emissions.
  Now, the Biden administration wants to study whether those Japanese emissions could be captured, liquefied and shipped back to Ala
  
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• “Welcome to Deishú”? A mysterious sign change sparks discussion of Haines Borough’s name

  09-05-2024 20:48 via ktoo.org
  
  A sign welcoming people to town as been changed from saying “Welcome to Haines” to “Welcome to Deishu” on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
  If you drove into town from the ferry terminal two weeks ago or from up the Chilkat Valley, you may have noticed something odd about the cedar signs welcoming you to Haines.
  In fact, the signs wouldn’t have welcomed you to Haines. Instead, they said “Welcome to Deishú.” That&rsqu
  
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• Alaska Native corporation ending involvement in controversial Ambler road project

  09-05-2024 19:51 via ktoo.org
  
  The NANA Regional Corp. office in downtown Anchorage is seen on Wednesday. The Native corporation, citing dissatisfaction with management by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, is ending its involvement with the Ambler Access Project. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  The regional corporation owned by the Iñupiat people of Northwest Alaska said Wednesday it is severing its ties to the Ambler Access Project, the controversial road that a state agency proposes to bui
  
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• Alaska Legislature heads into session’s homestretch with energy-related bills still on the table

  09-05-2024 19:43 via ktoo.org
  
  Hilcorp’s Dillon platform in Cook Inlet (foreground) photographed last year. (Nathaniel Herz for Alaska Public Media)
  Leaders in both the state House and Senate have listed energy legislation as a primary focus of this session. That’s as gas producers warn that Cook Inlet natural gas supplies are dwindling, threatening higher prices.
  But there’s only about a week left for lawmakers to pass bills that address a number of energy issues. So it’s a good time to check in with
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, May 8, 2024

  09-05-2024 02:42 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240508-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly wants the city to ask community organizations if they’d be interested in continuing to care for graveyards on Douglas — with potential funding,
  An audio postcard from this years MMIP Awareness Day in Bethel
  
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