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

INTRO Looking into the science of climate change as it affects wild fires leads to the discovery of a feedback loop – what if wild fires contribute to climate change, which then creates a ripe breeding ground for more wild fires? Are we dealing with a vici