8-9-16 Feds Continue Alaska Lock-Up

CALGARY HERALD.  Calgary-based Inter Pipeline Ltd. said Monday that it’s buying the Canadian assets of the Williams pipeline companies at a steep discount — and will take on its massive petrochemical project in Alberta — for $1.35 billion. KTUU/AP.  FAIRBANKS The federal government's new plan ... has received criticism from state officials and leaders who say it restricts development in the state. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the Bureau of Land Management's plan released in July designates 1.7 million acres for possible resource extraction, while the other 4.8 acres of federal land remains [...]