Point Hope NewsLocal news for Point Hope, AK continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Arctic oil bonanza worries Alaska natives- February 26, 2008 "We want to continue to survive. Our lives are tied to subsistence. So is our culture and our religion with all the animals" Arctic oil bonanza worries Alaska natives ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Modern technology and surging oil prices have suddenly made the prospect of drilling in the remote, icy Chukchi Sea irresistible to the world's oil ... via Peak Oilhttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/arctic-oil-bonanza-worries-alaska-natives?... ASRC Energy Services proposes seismic activity in the Chukchi Sea- February 15, 2008 "Our opinions are taken only as advisory information, and the corporation does not honor the demands of the shareholders" A subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. wants to perform seismic testing in the Chukchi Sea as a result of the latest lease sale by the federal Minerals Management Service. via Alaska Journal of Commercehttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/asrc-energy-services-proposes-seismic-acti... Environmental community up in arms over Chukchi Sea leases- February 11, 2008 "Very pleased with the sale it surpassed our expectations" The Chukchi Sea has been divided and leased out to the highest bidder for oil and gas development. via KTVA Anchoragehttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/environmental-community-up-in-arms-over-ch... Community profile: Point Lay- February 9, 2008 Published: February 5th, 2008 12:22 AM Last Modified: February 5th, 2008 12:47 AM POINT LAY POPULATION: 235 LOCATION: South of the Kokolik River mouth, about 300 miles southwest of Barrow. via Anchorage Daily Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/community-profile-point-lay?fromrss=1 Chukchi Sea lease sale draws record bids, protesters- February 7, 2008 "The administration has decided to spend their last eleven months selling off this threatened habitat to the highest bidder" Shell Oil led a handful of petroleum companies in robust bidding Wednesday for outer continental shelf leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest shore. via Alaska Journal of Commercehttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/chukchi-sea-lease-sale-draws-record-bids-p... Suit Seeks to Block Oil Search Off Alaska- February 6, 2008 "The people of Tikigaq have hunted and depended on the animals that migrate through the Chukchi Sea for thousands of years. This is our garden, our identity, our livelihood." A coalition of environmental organizations and Inupiaq native groups filed suit in federal court in Anchorage on Thursday to force the Interior Department to do a new analysis of the environmental consequences ... via New York Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/suit-seeks-to-block-oil-search-off-alaska?... Alaska groups, Audubon join fight against Chukchi sale decision- February 4, 2008 "These species will experience cumulative effects from the proposed oil and gas activity in the Chukchi Sea, including effects from a potential shore base and a potential overland pipeline from the Chukchi Sea" Proposed Lease Sale No. 193, covering 29.4 million acres, would be the first in the Chukchi Sea since 1991. via Plattshttp://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/alaska-groups-audubon-join-fight-against-c... Groups Challenge Alaska Petro Lease Sale- February 1, 2008 "We're in the process of reviewing it and will determine what we do after we've reviewed it" Groups of conservationists and Alaska Natives sued the federal government Thursday to stop a petroleum lease sale of a large area of the sea off Alaska.The plaintiffs claim the environmental review by the Minerals Management Service did not fairly evaluate the potential effects if offshore petroleum fields were developed in the lease area, just smaller than Pennsylvania.They also say the federal...http://www.topix.net/city/point-hope-ak/2008/02/groups-challenge-alaska-petro-lease-sale?f... |