Topic: Cook Inlet

Deep-water oil drilling: why Obama is OK with angering left and right

Neither the oil industry nor environmentalists are pleased with President Obama's new deep-water oil drilling plan. But in an election year, that might be a safe position politically.

Alaska earthquake jolts Anchorage

Alaska earthquake: The earthquake struck with a magnitude of 5.2 shortly after 11 a.m., according to seismologists at the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

Hawaii's tsunami warning: How the US is better prepared.

How has the US become better prepared to forecast tsunamis?

Alaska oil's new 'Gulf of Mexico'

Oil companies are eyeing Alaska's largely untapped outer continental shelf. Critics say that's another Exxon Valdez waiting to happen.

When Mt. Redoubt erupts, these scientists are on the job

For them, 'volcano monitoring' is no punch line; it's an important part of keeping Alaska safe.

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Alaska’s ‘golden goose’ is a fish

By branding its wild salmon as gourmet – and banning salmon farms – this fishery is thriving sustainably.

A tiny native village in Alaska copes with urban encroachment

Members of the Dena'ina Athabascan tribe, completely surrounded by metropolitan Anchorage, struggle to preserve their language and culture.

In oil-rich Alaska, an energy crunch

A shortage of natural gas besets the state's most populous area. In rural outposts, energy costs spike.