Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas

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By Lois ParshleyDec 19, 2025, 9:45 am95 ptsTrending
An arctic wind cut across Prudhoe Bay, sending spindrifts swirling as Energy Secretary Chris Wright stepped onto a podium hastily erected among oil wells and pump stations. The gray summer sunlight scattered over ice-rimmed ponds, shadows gathering in the hollows of low heaves and stretching over the tundra.…

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