On March 11, 2010, Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-l) announced he had joined a bipartisan group of governors urging Congress to stop a plan that would give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases.   This week, Mayor Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo-r) urged his predecessor mayor, Senator Mark Begich, to support Murkowski's resolution and obtained an Assembly resolution to that effect.   Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo): Public Deserved Vote on EPA Climate Regulations; Senator Mark Begich (NGP Photo) Voted With Democrat Majority Against Senator Murkowski   WASHINGTON, D.C. – [...]

 ANWR.  1) Here is how to comment before COB today on this issue which is so important to Alaska's oil pipeline and a potential gas pipeline.  2)  Review earlier comments. Tim Bradner (NGP Photo), ADN.  A sense of gloom is spreading through the nation's energy industry from the Gulf of Mexico, and it's touching Alaska. Our confidence that advanced technology can handle any problem, even gushers gone wild at the bottom of the sea, is severely challenged.  ...  Shell's planned 2010 exploration for the Arctic offshore is an immediate casualty [...]

From our friend, Carl Portman (NGP Photo) at Resource Development Council for Alaska, comes this important notice.  Please vote on this important issue by commenting! RDC ACTION ALERT: A reminder that Monday, June 7th is the deadline for submitting comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the planned update of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge¹s (ANWR) Comprehensive Conservation Plan. RDC strongly urges its members to submit comments recommending ANWR's 1002 area be opened to oil and gas exploration and development and that the area not be designated Wilderness. If the area is designated Wilderness, America's most [...]

Commonwealth North Energy Committee Meeting by Dave Harbour On Friday, Commonwealth North’s held its energy meeting--chaired by Mary Ann Pease (NGP Photo-r)--in the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority Conference Room in downtown Anchorage to hear from House Energy Committee Co-Chairs Representative Bryce Edgmon (NGP Photo-l) and Representative Charisse Millett (NGP Photo-l) as well as Senate Energy Committee Chair Senator Lesil McGuire (NGP Photo-r). They reported, in general, on the 2010 Legislative session energy accomplishments along with upcoming energy challenges. Pease opened the meeting with a recollection of an early Commonwealth North [...]