Midnight Oil

Alaska's Energy Desk
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The world is getting warmer. The weather is getting weirder. And in Alaska, we have a front row seat. This summer, Alaska’s Energy Desk returns with all-new episodes of our podcast, Midnight Oil. Season Two is called The Big Thaw. Last season, we looked back -- at the state’s roller-coaster history with oil. This time, we're looking forward, to one of the biggest question marks ahead: climate change. What does it mean to be an oil state in a warming world?

  1. Check out Cruise Town

    Bande-annonce

    Check out Cruise Town

    If you liked Midnight Oil, you'll surely like Cruise Town, a new podcast from KTOO about Juneau, Alaska -- a town of 32,000 people, playing host to over a million cruise ship passengers every year. It explores how Juneau became a cruise town, what it’s like to live in a cruise town and what the city’s future holds in light of the industry’s explosive growth.

    3 min
  2. The Neighbors

    09/05/2019 ·  Bonus

    The Neighbors

    Alaska is on the verge of a new oil boom -- and the village of Nuiqsut is right in the middle. Oil development is affecting Nuiqsut more than any other indigenous community in Alaska. And the village faces tough choices. How do you maintain a way of life when the oil industry is knocking on your door?

    30 min
  3. Coming Soon: Bonus Episode

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    Coming Soon: Bonus Episode

    Midnight Oil is back! Alaska is on the verge of a new oil boom -- and the village of Nuiqsut is right in the middle. Oil development is affecting Nuiqsut more than any other indigenous community in Alaska. And the village faces tough choices. How do you maintain a way of life when the oil industry is knocking on your door? Reporter Elizabeth Harball tells the story in a bonus episode of Midnight Oil coming May 9, 2019.

    1 min
  4. Paying Dividends, Ep 1: Making Good

    13/02/2019

    Paying Dividends, Ep 1: Making Good

    Alaska’s new governor promised to pay dividends of more than $6,000 when he was running for office. But delivering on that promise isn’t going to be simple. It might not even be possible, because the legislature that holds the permanent fund’s purse strings. What do lawmakers think about Dunleavy’s promise? Will they work with him or against him to balance the budget and pay big dividends?

    24 min
  5. Our new podcast: Paying Dividends

    12/02/2019

    Our new podcast: Paying Dividends

    Midnight Oil listeners know that Alaska’s an oil state and that Alaskans get a personal cut of the state’s oil wealth every year in the form of a dividend. But oil prices are way down and the state has a multi billion dollar budget deficit. Our new podcast ‘Paying Dividends’ explores the struggle our governor and lawmakers face to keep paying those oil checks and also keep the state running.

    1 min
  6. Ep. 5: The Culprits

    06/09/2018

    Ep. 5: The Culprits

    Climate change is now an undeniable reality for the oil industry. It threatens their reputations,  their business models - and in some cases, the actual physical infrastructure they’ve built to extract all that oil in the first place. That’s forcing the industry to confront some uncomfortable questions.

    26 min
  7. Ep. 4: The Visitors

    30/08/2018

    Ep. 4: The Visitors

    As polar bears lose their habitat in the Arctic, they have no choice but to come to shore and try to live part of their lives on land. That means they come into the village of Kaktovik sometimes, breaking into people’s houses or food storage at the risk of getting shot. But it also means they are more visible and accessible than ever for tourists who are willing to pay a lot of money to see them before they’re gone.

    23 min
  8. Ep. 3: The Fishermen

    23/08/2018

    Ep. 3: The Fishermen

    For years, fishermen in Alaska have worried that climate change would threaten their livelihoods. Now, it has. In late 2013, a strikingly warm mass of water arrived in the Gulf of Alaska and stayed for three years. Scientists called it "the blob." Fishermen started to notice a drastic drop in the population of cod- an unassuming fish that’s been an economic powerhouse for the community of Kodiak. As fishermen struggle to adjust to the lowest cod numbers on record, scientists are asking if it’s a preview of what’s to come as the ocean warms.

    20 min
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À propos

The world is getting warmer. The weather is getting weirder. And in Alaska, we have a front row seat. This summer, Alaska’s Energy Desk returns with all-new episodes of our podcast, Midnight Oil. Season Two is called The Big Thaw. Last season, we looked back -- at the state’s roller-coaster history with oil. This time, we're looking forward, to one of the biggest question marks ahead: climate change. What does it mean to be an oil state in a warming world?

Informations

  • Création
    Alaska's Energy Desk
  • Années d’activité
    2017 - 2019
  • Épisodes
    20
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Site web de l’émission
    Midnight Oil

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