Energy & Mining

You can build a small nuclear reactor in Alaska, but not within 2,700 feet of a house.

The award is to go to Graphite One Inc., a Vancouver-based company seeking to develop a mine about 37 miles north of Nome, the department said on Monday.

To curb Fairbanks pollution, Alaska officials say, the EPA should focus on its wood-stove certifications, while the agency wants additional improvements, including at power plants.

The leak at Alpine continued for days before workers got control of it.

At Aniak’s school, the electricity bill went from around $7,700 to almost $24,000. “All the lights are off. We’re all working in the dark,” Superintendent Madeline Aguillard said.

The city of Valdez, site of the trans-Alaska pipeline’s marine terminal, wants the public to have information about the private company’s financial wherewithal.

The group says Pacific salmon are facing habitat loss and degradation of critical waterways on both sides of the border.

A group of Alaskans filed a lawsuit in 2020 to force the EPA to rewrite the rules.

The settlement agreement cited five violations in 2019 at Greens Creek Mine, a silver mine in the Tongass National Forest. Most were related to lead contamination.

There are now six tribes suing in federal court to halt Donlin.