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Alaska's Energy Desk Alaska's Energy Desk is a team of public radio reporters covering energy and environment in the Last

From 2015 - 2021, journalists from across public radio stations in Alaska produced in-depth coverage of energy issues: from the state budget to personal energy use, resource development to Arctic life, we covered how energy issues impact Alaskan lives and landscapes.

29/12/2021
Alaska's Energy Desk is heading into the sunset. For the same great reporting on energy and the environment and everythi...
29/12/2021

Alaska's Energy Desk is heading into the sunset. For the same great reporting on energy and the environment and everything else that matters to Alaskans check, make sure you like KTOO & Alaska Public Media.

Canada's decision to bar cruise ships until early next year has taken a bite out of Alaska's tourist season. Sen. Lisa M...
22/03/2021

Canada's decision to bar cruise ships until early next year has taken a bite out of Alaska's tourist season. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the state’s congressional delegation is working on a fix.

Though large cruise lines will resume sailing in other jurisdictions, it appears unlikely they will in Alaska.

Aspiring kelp farmers are lining up, but there's still only a handful of farms producing a commercial crop. Mariculture ...
19/03/2021

Aspiring kelp farmers are lining up, but there's still only a handful of farms producing a commercial crop. Mariculture advocates say that it’s not easy building an industry from scratch, or a market for its products.

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/03/19/interest-in-kelp-farming-is-on-the-rise-in-alaska-but-bureaucracy-is-still-catching-up/

Before kelp farmers can put lines in the water, kelp farmers have to apply for state and federal permits, which include opportunities for public comment. The whole process can take up to two years, and a lot of money, time and expertise

Alaska’s Department of Fish & Game is raffling off permits for some of the state’s most desirable hunts. Officials hope ...
15/03/2021

Alaska’s Department of Fish & Game is raffling off permits for some of the state’s most desirable hunts. Officials hope the earnings will help make up for a decrease in hunting license sales during the pandemic.

Tickets are already on sale for what’s called “Alaska’s Super Seven Big Game Raffle.” If it sounds kind of like buying a lottery ticket for musk ox — or another one of the seven most sought after species in the state, like a brown bear or a caribou — it is.

Last month, the state of Alaska’s investment authority agreed to put $35 million towards pre-development work on the co...
15/03/2021

Last month, the state of Alaska’s investment authority agreed to put $35 million towards pre-development work on the controversial Ambler Road project.

Ambler Metals matched it and will get some of its investment back in toll credits.

Last month, the state of Alaska’s investment authority agreed to put $35 million towards pre-development work on the Ambler Road project.

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MIDNIGHT OIL | The Neighbors: Bonus Episode Preview
MIDNIGHT OIL | The Neighbors: Bonus Episode Preview

Alaska is on the verge of a new oil boom... And the village of Nuiqsut is right in the middle. A new episode of Midnight Oil is coming on May 9, 2019. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

Midnight Oil and Alaska's Energy Desk listeners will probably be interested in a new podcast we're making. It’s called ‘Paying Dividends’ and it’s all about the dividend checks Alaskans get every year from our state’s oil wealth fund -- our PFDs.

Meet the bug taking down Alaska's forests
Meet the bug taking down Alaska's forests

Southcentral Alaska is dealing with a spruce beetle outbreak. The voracious insect damaged nearly 600,000 acres of forest in 2018 and the damage continues to grow. Anchorage has seen a sharp uptick in spruce beetle damage, going from zero acres damaged in 2016 to over 1000 in 2018.

Hundreds turn out for Cook Inlet beluga count
Hundreds turn out for Cook Inlet beluga count

When’s the last time you saw a beluga in the wild? Cook Inlet has its own species of endangered beluga whales and nearly 2,000 people turned out Saturday to help count them.

Unless you live in the Arctic, you might not have heard of a pingo. But you can experience the strange and beautiful landscape phenomenon at the Anchorage Museum.
Unless you live in the Arctic, you might not have heard of a pingo. But you can experience the strange and beautiful landscape phenomenon at the Anchorage Museum.

A new exhibit at the Anchorage museum lets visitors experience a northern Alaska phenomenon called a Pingo -- a permafrost mound. The sculpture combines hydraulic powered metal arms, real Alaskan cedar, and augmented reality to mimic a pingo’s lifecycle. Museum Director Julie Decker says the exhibit, “is really a story about our natural environment.”

The Big Thaw Audiogram: The Visitors
The Big Thaw Audiogram: The Visitors

We know that polar bears are in danger of going extinct. But in the Arctic village of Kaktovik, there’s a different problem: There are too many bears. Episode 4 of The Big Thaw is out this Thursday. https://www.ktoo.org/midnight-oil/ or wherever you get your podcasts.

Dozens of Anchorage neighbors come together to buy solar panels in bulk
Dozens of Anchorage neighbors come together to buy solar panels in bulk

More than 30 residents of the Airport Heights neighborhood in Anchorage are installing solar panels on their roofs this year. It's part of "Solarize Anchorage" a program that brings together neighbors to purchase solar panels in bulk. Video by Joey Mendolia

Audiogram - The Big Thaw, Episode 3: The Fishermen
Audiogram - The Big Thaw, Episode 3: The Fishermen

The story of how the blob decimated the Gulf of Alaska cod population on the next Midnight Oil. Out Thursday. Subscribe now. #TheBigThaw

Audiogram - The Big Thaw, Episode 1: The Village
Audiogram - The Big Thaw, Episode 1: The Village

The village of Newtok, in Western Alaska, is about to disappear. The land it was built on is eroding away, threatening not just the village, but a way of life. The Big Thaw, Episode 1: The Village. Available this Thursday.

Midnight Oil, Season 2: The Big Thaw...Coming Soon
Midnight Oil, Season 2: The Big Thaw...Coming Soon

Last summer we looked back at Alaska's roller-coaster history with oil. This time, we're looking ahead, to one of the biggest challenges before us: climate change. New season of the Midnight Oil podcast starts August 9, 2018.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker addresses the China-U.S. Governor’s forum
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker addresses the China-U.S. Governor’s forum

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker addresses the 4th annual China-U.S. governor’s forum alongside a trade delegation of more than 50 people. The forum in Chengdu is a place to talk trade and investment, and for Chinese and Alaskan companies to meet.

Rethinking the Alaska Permanent Fund
Rethinking the Alaska Permanent Fund

A great explainer video from our colleagues at KTOO about how the Alaska Permanent Fund works and how the state legislature recently changed the way earnings are spent -- which affects state government and our permanent fund dividends.

The oceans are changing. Can crabs adapt?
The oceans are changing. Can crabs adapt?

Ocean acidification threatens some of Alaska's most lucrative crab fisheries. But there's one ray of hope: it's possible that crabs might be able to adapt to the changing oceans. The big question is - will they have enough time?

Locally sourced wood heats rural schools
Locally sourced wood heats rural schools

Some small schools in Southeast Alaska replaced their diesel heaters with wood-burning boilers. Enjoy this great video from our colleagues at KTOO. (Video is part of a partnership with Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America)

In light of the news, a quick look at the 40-year history of Alaska's quest for a gasline.

Kodiak's 99% Renewable Grid
Kodiak's 99% Renewable Grid

Since 2014, Kodiak has gotten more than 99 percent of its electricity from renewable energy, using a combination of wind and hydro

Life after the spill | MIDNIGHT OIL
Life after the spill | MIDNIGHT OIL

Shrimp fisherman Gordon Scott's personal history has been intertwined with the trans-Alaska pipeline since he arrived in the state.

MIDNIGHT OIL | Episode 08 Preview
MIDNIGHT OIL | Episode 08 Preview

On the final episode of Midnight Oil, Alaska faces the question it's been ducking for forty years: Will we always be an oil state?

Pipeline boom and bust in rural Alaska | MIDNIGHT OIL
Pipeline boom and bust in rural Alaska | MIDNIGHT OIL

Bob and Jeanne moved to Alaska to get away from it all. Then, an army of pipeline workers showed up on their doorstep.

MIDNIGHT OIL | Episode 07 Preview
MIDNIGHT OIL | Episode 07 Preview

The Exxon Valdez oil spill is often talked about as this unprecedented, unthinkable event. Except that it was thinkable. People predicted it and they even tried to prevent it. New episode of Midnight Oil out Tuesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen at alaskapublic.org/midnight-oil.

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Alaska’s Energy Desk is a collaboration between KTOO-FM in Juneau, Alaska Public Media in Anchorage, KUCB in Unalaska, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, KBRW in Utqiaġvik and KYUK in Bethel.

Each week we produce in-depth coverage of energy issues in Alaska that air on local stations throughout the state and on national news programs. From the state budget to personal energy use, resource development to Arctic life, we cover how energy issues impact Alaska lives and landscapes.