Tomorrow at noon, Radio talk show Guru Dan Fagan (NGP Photo, with Dave Harbour) will host at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel what he calls a, "wild, free for all town hall meeting featuring a panel of Alaska's best minds debating the future of our state."  Register here.  Gas pipeline and related issues are sure to take center stage! 

  Many More Photos Coming On 2-4-10.... Adrian Herrera Alicia Egan       Barry Anderson   Allison Gilbreth         David MacDowell and Tom Maloney      Christopher Guith         Darrell Wayman Diane Shoemaker           Catherine Kim   Jim Shannon         Julie Leet   Dennis Hebner         Diane Greger David Lawrence          Larry Angel      Wadeen Hepworth          

EU News.  UPI.  The oil and gas sector in the Canadian province of Alberta hinges on the outcome of the open season for TransCanada's gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states.  Calgary Herald (Story and map).  In a potential blow to Alberta's petrochemical sector, the proposed Alaska pipeline could bypass the province depending on the outcome of an open season filed Friday by the main sponsors -- Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. and Irving, Texas-based Exxon-Mobil Corp.  KTUU by Rhonda McBride.  "This is all about the shippers," said Bud Fackrell (NGP Photo-right below), [...]

CBC.  An environmental review panel's recommendation to impose noise limits on any Mackenzie Valley pipeline facilities built inside a bird sanctuary could scuttle the $16.2-billion project, its backers have told the National Energy Board.  Calgary-based Imperial Oil — the leader of the consortium that wants to build the natural gas pipeline — said it and its partners might not be able to conform to the noise restrictions recommended by the panel for facilities built within the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary. Hill Times, by JEFF DAVIS, CYNTHIA MÜNSTER.  Canada's leading environmentalists say they're [...]