September 1, 2009 - Northern Gas Pipelines

FERC ISSUES ALASKA REPORT CARD

(ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink and AP Story, News Miner. Read about yesterday's climate change rally in Anchorage; and FOR THE BEST ANALYSIS IN THE STATE ON YESTERDAY'S ACTIVITY, READ ANDREW HALCRO'S PIECE (NGP Photo). * ADN via PNA, by Alan Bailey....on the Southcentral Alaska gas shortage.) Scandanavian Oil and Gas. In an article in Canada's Globe & Mail, native leaders hoping to be $8-billion partners in the Mackenzie Valley project via their Aboriginal Pipeline Group have expressed a high level of angst that the $16-billion effort will stall and not bring development to [...]

Deh Cho ‘Contribute’ to Nahanni but Hold Up Mac Valley Pipeline

National Post, by Don Martin. (Minister Jim Prentice, NGP Photo) is quick to stress that the park could not have been expanded without the partnership of the Deh Cho people, the same First Nation currently holding up the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline to ensure their environmental concerns are resolved. "The Nahanni is the Deh Cho's gift to Canada and it is Canada's gift to humanity," says Mr. Prentice. "They were very determined negotiators and their primary concern was always protection of the Nahanni watershed." Former grand chief Jim Antoine (NGP Photo), a key player in the park's expansion who [...]