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Way cleared for major Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline project

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Proposed route for the Alaska Pipeline project. Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced that two major milestones have been met in the state’s effort to bring Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to Alaskans and markets beyond. —Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan. Alaska Pipeline Project.

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Alaska legal professional basic recordsdata client coverage lawsuit towards Swickard Auto

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“While our decision to advertise in-transit and shared inventory vehicles was to provide our Alaska customers with visibility of our pipeline of upcoming vehicles, the AG employee found it to be a frustrating experience and opened an official complaint for him to investigate,” the automobile team wrote in its remark.

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JetBlue and Spirit Call Off Their Merger

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Some legal experts said JetBlue was potentially positioning itself to dispute the remainder of those fees by terminating the agreement. Alaska Airlines has also announced plans to increase its size. As part of the merger agreement, JetBlue agreed to pay Spirit and its shareholders $470 million in fees if the deal was blocked.

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EPA blocks Pebble copper mine in Alaska to protect Bristol Bay salmon ecosystem

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Final Determination under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) that blocks the development of Northern Dynasty Mineral’s proposed Pebble copper and gold mining project in Alaska. This preemptive action against Pebble is not supported legally, technically, or environmentally.

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FCC reversal $885.5M Starlink award has no lawful basis, commissioner says

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He said that its decision to reverse the $885 million infrastructure award was not only concerning, but done without legal justification. .” Commissioner Carr highly disagreed with this move and shared his thoughts about it on Twitter. And it would leave rural Americans “waiting on the wrong side of the digital divide.”

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Arctic oil on life support

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That had companies moving north: Royal Dutch Shell off the coast of Alaska; Statoil in the Norwegian Arctic; and ExxonMobil in conjunction with Russia’s Rosneft in the Russian far north. After having watched Shell fumble its Arctic campaign, Statoil put its drilling plans off the coast of Alaska on ice. Source: [link].

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DoI cancels oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; proposes new protections in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

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3401, which identified “multiple legal deficiencies in the underlying record supporting the leases.” On 21 January 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13990, directing the Department to review oil and gas leasing in the Refuge, “[i]n light of the alleged legal deficiencies underlying the program.”

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