Below is the Story - Go Here To Learn How To Comment - Our Editorials EPA is proposing a new modified permit for public comment, due to substantial changes needed to the proposed permit, including changes needed to address the public comments. The new comment period begins January 8, 2010 and ends February 17, 2010. The public comment period for the August 2009 proposed air permit closed on October 20, 2009.The proposed Clean Air Act permit would allow Shell to operate the Frontier Discoverer and its associated support vessels to explore for oil and [...]

FERC's Michael Kadish thoughtfully informs Alaskans and other stakeholders of an important upcoming gas pipeline workshop..  Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will convene an Open Season Pre-Filing Workshop January 12, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska, for the Alaska natural gas transportation projects. The purpose of the workshop will be to provide interested parties an opportunity to learn about and discuss the procedures and process for commenting upon and holding an open season.  For more information, see this FERC link.   Wings Tours, an Egyptian tour company, has carefully scheduled [...]

ADN Editorial.  "For the first time in 22 years the (Alaska) economy did not grow this year and we will end it with fewer jobs than we had in January," Dr. Goldsmith noted. He also expects the Alaska economy to contract next year, with tourism facing the most obvious impediments to growth. Cairo Report: On New Years Eve day, we toured the Blue Mosque (NGP Photo) by day and were treated to a cutural New Years Eve dancing show over dinner at the Cairo Ramses Hotel (NGP Photo of Janna [...]

National Journal by Chuck Gray (NGP Photo).  NARUC strongly supports improved energy efficiency as the first option for achieving greater energy security, but conservation alone will not be enough to address anticipated demand. To become truly energy independent, Congress and the Obama Administration will need to keep all options on the table—efficiency, renewables, fossil fuels, natural gas, and nuclear. All of these fuels have domestic components, and all must be considered if we are going to wean ourselves from inhospitable foreign energy sources.  (See our February 2010 story, 'After The Moratoria Report') [...]