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Shell Hydrogen, a global business of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, today opened the first Shell-branded hydrogen station at a Shell retail site anywhere in the world, at Reykjavik, Iceland The station was officially inaugurated by Valgerdur Sve

ANCHORAGE -- Alaska residents went to the polls Tuesday to vote on a ballot initiative that, if passed, would end the state's predator control program as conducted now. If approved, Ballot Measure 2 would prohibit the shooting of wolves and bears either fr

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Energy legislation, rebates signed into law FUEL RELIEF: Includes weatherization program and gas tax suspension Gov. Sarah Palin signed legislation into law Monday to pay each qualified Alaska resident a $1,200 "resource rebate," or personal share of the s

Alaska commemorative quarters featuring a grizzly bear with a salmon in its jaws were put into circulation Monday by the U.S. Mint. continued @ link

How Iceland Went From Blood Feuds to Geothermal By Stephen J. Dubner The other day, we brought you a guest post by Nathan Myhrvold that chronicled his recent trip to Iceland . Here, as promised, is the next installment, equally fascinating, with equally st

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KING COVE: It can't handle huge waves, say those who want a road. $9 million hovercraft linking two Alaska Peninsula communities will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, but it's well worth the cost, according to some King Cove residents who s

INTRO Large-scale fires may have pumped as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a few weeks as motor vehicle traffic does in a year, according to research by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colo