How the state is letting oil platforms "rust away" into the ocean near Anchorage

Alaska regulators first said it was time for the Spurr platform, offshore from Anchorage in Cook Inlet, to be removed in 1992. Then, they backed down, and 30 years later, it remains in the water, where it hasn't produced a single drop of oil since. 

The history of Spurr and five other shuttered Cook Inlet platforms are featured in a new story from Nat. It's not a Northern Journal piece — it was produced with Alaska Public Media and APM Reports — but the powers that be signed off on a podcast episode that delves into the details. Curtis Gilbert, Nat's editor at APM Reports, guest hosts.