Lisa Weissler is the author of the 2025 book, Capitol Crude: the Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics. The book was the recipient of a 2025 Alaska Historical Society award for its promotion and understand...

The three major North Slope oil and gas producers – ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Hilcorp Alaska – still hold all the cards, as they have for decades.

Juneau Afternoon featuring "Capital Crude" author Lisa Weissler, Alaska State Museum solo artist Myesha Callahan Freet, and the Unseen Ocean Collective art show at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center.

The winter of 2026 is a time of unsettled and unsettling politics for Alaska and the country. In Alaska, a deepening fiscal crisis is exacerbated by the federal administration’s cuts or holds on feder...

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An updated edition of Capitol Crude with a new epilogue is now available. Contact your local bookstore or order online.

The temporary levee the city installed along the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby. But water still leaked through some sections and flooded several streets and homes.

“Capitol Crude: The Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics” offers a unique historical perspective that gives context for today’s political dynamics shaping Alaska’s future.

by Lisa Weissler

Capitol Crude: The Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics