Nature: Nicola Jones - Gas-hydrate tests to begin in Alaska This month, scientists will test a new way to extract methane from beneath the frozen soil of Alaska: they will use waste carbon dioxide from conventional wells to force out the desired natural gas.   ABC News: Dan Joling - EPA Board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit Royal Dutch Shell's quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted.   Alaska [...]