In-State Allies Support Federal Efforts to Impose on Alaska's Economy a "Death by a Thousand Cuts" by Dave Harbour PNA.  Mads Christensen, Nordic executive director for Greenpeace International, called for a moratorium on human activity--except subsistence--throughout vast expanses of the Arctic at a conference in Tromso last month.  He said this restriction would fill a current 'governance gap' in Arctic policy.      Earlier this month we reported that Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) said miners face an uphill battle against federal regulators, and his office is "fighting with everything we've got" against [...]

More Inducements for Alaska Gasline Inducement Act Participants by  Dave Harbour   Article in progress....   Financial Post by Diane Francis.  Imperial Oil and its Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline partners announced last week a postponement of the project for five more years. That gas, and Alaska's, may never be shipped in North America but more likely be bought by Asians then converted into LNG for shipment home. Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.  "One of the lessons from the Mackenzie Valley pipeline is to make sure that the environmental reviews work [...]