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FCC Grants $41M to Alaskan Telecom for Rural Wireless Broadband
2014-03-07 00:27:49| Wireless - Topix.net
The money, coming as part of the FCC's Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I, will go toward serving 37,000 people across 48 communities in Alaska.
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Shell shelves plan to drill in Alaskan Arctic this summer
2014-01-30 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shell has announced plans to slash its exploration and development spending from $46bn (27.8bn) to $37bn this year and has ditched plans to drill in the Alaskan Arctic this summer. The cutbacks were unveiled by new chief executive, Ben van Beurden, who said they were part of a range of initiatives to make up for what he described as Shell's "loss of momentum". Van Beurden, who took over from Peter Voser at the turn of the year confirmed that fourth-quarter profits on a current cost of supply...
Electrician Stranded in Alaskan Wilderness for Week
2013-12-31 17:55:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A Michigan electrician on a hunting trip spent a week stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with no food, shelter or warm clothes. read more
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Is Alaskan Oil Production About to Make a Comeback?
2013-12-15 11:45:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Since its peak in 1988, Alaskan oil production has been in a freefall. Overall, daily production has gone from 2.1 million barrels to just 526,000 last year.
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Climate change will cause Alaskan village to vanish under water within 10 years
2013-07-30 10:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily News: Kivalina is home to about 400 Inupiat people. Scientists say the tiny Alaskan village is falling prey to the effects of climate change--and might be uninhabitable within the next 10 years. The northwestern Alaskan village of Kivalina is perched on a remote and narrow strip of sand next to the frigid waters of the Chukchi sea. Its 400 residents are the descendants of an Iupiat tribe. And in just 10 years, these folk might just be Americas first climate change refugees. The U.S. Army Corps...
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