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My turn: Vote No to Two

Since publically speaking out against Ballot Measure 2 I have had some of my friends, family, colleagues, and even my ex-wife ask me what the *%#!! I'm doing.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-21/vote-no-two
Opinion
Report: State, federal governments unprepared for responding to oil spills

An independent study of a freight vessel that ran aground last year in the Aleutian Islands, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel, is calling on state and federal authorities to beef up spill response and prevention technology.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071405/sta_20050714014.shtml
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Environmentalists sue DEC over spill permits

FAIRBANKS - Four environmental organizations have sued the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, alleging permits are being illegally granted to the oil industry based on inadequate assumptions about oil spills.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071502/sta_permits.shtml
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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...170 feet long that do not carry fuel as primary cargo, said Larry Dietrick, director of the Alaska Division of Spill Prevention and Response. The state already requires tankers that transport oil as cargo to file spill prevention and clean-up...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011801/Loc_Spill.shtml
Juneau Empire Story Archive

...attempt to locate the source, said Scot Tiernan of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Spill Prevention and Response. Eighty gallons of oil were initially collected in a sump at the site. However, the sump collected...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030500/Loc_sewage.shtml
Ocean Rangers begin sophomore season

Morris Mickelson is spending his summer in Alaskan waters onboard large cruise ships, but he's neither passenger nor crew.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051509/loc_440189174.shtml
Stricter spill rules eyed

A bill before the Legislature calls for cruise ship companies and other large vessel owners operating in Alaska to show they are able to clean up their own oil spills.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011801/Loc_Spill.html
Local
Search for oil leak source is continuing

...attempt to locate the source, said Scot Tiernan of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Spill Prevention and Response. Eighty gallons of oil were initially collected in a sump at the site. However, the sump collected...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030500/Loc_sewage.html
Local
Oil spill halts harbor traffic

Boats were barred from leaving a Tee Harbor marina this morning after a fuel line ruptured Wednesday night, spilling about 500 gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel into the water.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062801/Loc_oilspill.html
Local
Lawmakers warned about Alaska oil spill readiness

...technology. The Kenai-based Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council said the funding for state Division of Spill Prevention and Response should keep up with inflation. The groups, which were created after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092310/sta_711183487.shtml
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