The UN atomic energy agency has received documents from Iran on its proposed nuclear programme initiating the country’s anticipated international clearance. [UN News Center]

The recent Gold King accident has heightened a debate here over the future of the Mountain Region’s old mines, amid the risk of toxic demise that could occur at any of thousands of abandoned mines around the country. [The NY Times]

The American Council for Capital Formation,  a pro-business think tank supported partly by ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips has laid out a case for why political leaders shold fully support the Alaska LNG project. [Alaska Dispatch News]