Veterans of Alaska’s Oil Industry Look to Blaze a Renewable Energy Pathway in the State

Inside Climate News · By Hal Bernton · last updated October 7, 2024 – 1:05 AM

Cook Inlet is a hotbed of green energy ambitions, with proposals for wind, geothermal, tidal and hydrogen production, but their success could be stymied by the fossil fuel foundation of the state’s economy and politics.

By Hal Bernton

NIKISKI, Alaska—Engineer David Clarke spent more than three decades at BP, starting on a production platform in the North Sea and ending his career with the company in Alaska, where he helped wring more oil out of the aging Prudhoe Bay oil fields.

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