Shell Submits a Plan for New Exploration of Alaskan Arctic Oil

Royal Dutch Shell submitted a plan to the federal government on Thursday to try once again to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, following years of legal and logistical setbacks as well as dogged opposition from environmentalists.

US gas exports to Asia will narrow, not shut price gap: Kemp

LONDON: Large-scale gas exports from the United States will narrow the gap between US domestic prices and those in Asia, but the boost to US domestic gas prices is likely to be smaller than US gas producers hope and consumers fear.

EPA: Alaska mine project could hurt salmon streams

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Build-out of a large-scale mine near the headwaters of a world-class salmon fishery in Alaska could wipe out as many as 90 miles of streams and alter stream flows, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a revised assessment released Friday.