...hard look, and ultimately approved the project. The EPA threatened a veto, partly because the state hadn't made a serious push toward using mass transit in the corridor to decrease the need for damaging wetlands, but no veto followed. Several...

...Gas consortium. The group of about two dozen Canadian and U.S. gas and pipeline companies was the first to make a serious push to transport Alaska and Canadian natural gas south. spending about $250 million studying numerous options, Harbour...

...sustain state operations once petroleum money ran out. The state has a surplus because of high oil prices and there is no serious push right now to use some profits from the $34 billion Permanent Fund for government. But Alaska oil production is declining...