Lauren Rosenthal, APRN Contributor
Lego To Break Off Branding Agreement With Shell Oil
Shell Oil might be known for selling fuel, but their logo isn’t limited to gas stations. They’ve also appeared on Lego toy sets for the last 50 years under a unique marketing agreement. But that’s breaking down under pressure from environmentalists.
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False Pass Forges Ahead With Tidal Power
The 40-odd residents of False Pass have waited years to find out if their turbulent seas could ever be used as a source of energy. And they may finally have an answer -- and a path to renewable power.
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American Seafoods Settles Over Scale Tampering
A Seattle-based seafood company accused of stealing groundfish from the Bering Sea has agreed to pay up.
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Governor’s Race Brings Walker To Unalaska
With less than a month until Election Day, the race to become Alaska’s next governor is heating up. Independent candidate Bill Walker and his Democrat running mate are canvassing the state for votes – all the way out to the Aleutians.
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Aleutian Towns Struggle to Retain Safety Officers
Two Aleutian communities are going without local law enforcement after their village public safety officers resigned.
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Shell Sketches Plans for Arctic Drilling in 2015
Shell Oil took its first step toward returning to the Arctic on Thursday morning. The company filed a new plan to explore the Chukchi Sea with federal regulators in Anchorage.
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Scientists Check Up On Nuc Site Rattled By Summer Quake
A team of scientists is descending on a former nuclear test site in the Aleutians on Monday to search for damage from a massive earthquake.
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New Book Casts Spotlight on Traditional Foods In Aleutians/Pribilofs
From sweet Russian tea to fermented fur seal flipper, the traditional diet in the Aleutians and Pribilofs has always been pretty varied. Food has been a crucial part of the Unangan culture for centuries. But in the Aleutian and Pribilof islands, people are relying less on the land and sea and more on their local store. A new cookbook captures the legacy of subsistence foods in the region.
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Alaska Seafood Industry Asks For Retaliatory Ban on Russian Imports
It’s been two weeks since Russia banned imports of American food products into its country. Now, Alaska’s seafood industry is asking the U.S. government to strike back.
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Russia’s Import Ban Hits Alaskan Seafood Industry
Alaska's seafood industry is getting caught in the middle of a power struggle between Russia and western nations. Ever since Russia seized part of Ukraine this winter, sanctions against it have been stacking up. Now, Russia's fighting back by banning food imports from the United States and a handful of other countries.
Westward Plant Workers Face Air Pollution Charges
The Westward Seafoods plant is tucked away on Captains Bay Road. But the factory -- and two of its former employees -- are drawing heat from federal regulators for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act.
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Conservationists Line Up For Izembek Lawsuit
When the Interior Department axed a proposal last winter to build a gravel road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, conservation groups cheered.
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Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch
While salmon is still the main species that pollock fishermen are trying to avoid taking as bycatch this summer, there’s another creature that’s been causing problems in the Bering Sea.
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ASRC Gets Option To Buy Into Offshore Chukchi Drilling Operations
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and a handful of North Slope village corporations now have the option to buy into offshore drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea. It’s part of a new agreement with Shell Oil. But with the future of that company’s Arctic operations up in the air, the deal raises more questions than answers.
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Arctic Climate Researchers Zoom in on Plankton
They’re not recognizable like polar bears or whales. But phytoplankton are a key part of life in the Arctic – and now, they’re at the center of a new research effort to predict how the region will respond to climate change.
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Atka Camp Serves Up Subsistence Lessons
A pop-up subsistence school has opened in a remote corner of the Aleutians. Atka’s second-annual culture camp is meant to keep Unangan traditions going strong.
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State Seeks to Join Izembek Lawsuit
The State of Alaska has tried to back up the village of King Cove on their quest to build a road through protected wilderness. Now, the state’s prepared to follow them into court.
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Human Remains Discovered On Adak
State troopers believe that a set of human remains found on Adak this month are those of a long-lost camper.
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Public Comment Begins For Sea Lion Protections
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is opening public comment on a plan to relax Steller sea lion protections and allow more commercial fishing in the western Aleutian Islands.
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As Pollock Season Begins, Bycatch Debate Looms
As the Bering Sea's largest fishery opened on Tuesday, pollock fishermen were looking forward to a strong B season. They were also wading through a tide of criticism from rural users, who believe the industry's catching too much salmon.