Juneau Empire by Pat Forgey.  This Friday, no news may be good news for Alaska's decade-long hopes for getting the state a way to finally get its huge natural gas reserves to markets where it can be sold.  Calgary-based TransCanada Corp., which is developing a pipeline in conjunction with the state under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, will conclude Friday its first "open season," during which it solicits bids from customers of the estimated $40 billion pipeline. Province by Monty Bassett.  Dubbed the Northern Gateway, the pipeline proposed by Enbridge [...]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare an Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) planning area. This notice announces the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public input and comments.

Will Mayor Edward Itta Cause Suffering and Exodus for Future Generations Of North Slope Borough Residents? In a July 18 Parade Magazine cover story, Mayor Edward Itta (NGP Photo) was quoted as saying, "I'm not trying to stop the oil, but if whales disappear, so will our culture."  (See attached article.) We believe all Alaskans emotionally support Itta's desire to maintain modern subsistence lifestyles, but Parade readers may not grasp the larger picture.  Alaska's economy is 1/3 dependent on oil.  Alaska's state budget is 90% dependent on oil.  The massive, [...]

 ...and provide readers with a complete review of the avalanche of national energy initiatives that are conspiring to return Alaska to a pre-pipeline economy.  Until then, enjoy Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's (NGP Photo) articulate, charismatic, compelling speech to us Wednesday.  Here's the video.  Here's a transcript. Our readers who align themselves with extreme environmental positions will find themselves the butt of the Governator's acidic and probing wit, as will our oil industry friends--particularly those from Texas! Man....  

We'll be monitoring energy issues with NARUC in Sacramento this coming week as Alaskan leaders converge on Calgary for the PENWER (Scroll down for yesterday's story). ADN by Mike Dunham.  Alaska House art gallery has closed in Manhattan.  (Comment: While we disagreed with public funding for Alaska House, we honor and respect its patron.  Here's our November editorial, the Alaska House response and our reply.)

Under our 'Photo Use' tab above we clearly define terms and conditions for use of our photos.  When we catch--sometimes with help of our thousands of readers--folks who steal our photos, intentionally change our file names, and use them in other Internet applications or the print media (i.e. annual reports, brochures, newspapers, magazines), or other electronic media (i.e. television and movies), we will prosecute to the full extent of the law. Normally, we will attempt to 'warn' those who have taken our work contrary to our 'Photo Use' policy but [...]

Comment: the Federal Administration's action to halt much of the Nation's OCS activity for 6 months--unrelated as it is to the BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy--is an immature response to problem solving.  By punishing economic enterprise in unrelated circumstances, the Administration is taking direct action to increase unemployment, decrease national security, bump oil prices, extend the economic crisis and diminish sorely needed oil and gas tax and royalty payments to the Federal government, including royalty shares to some adjacent states.  By punishing all students for the misdeed of one, a new [...]

Edmonton Journal, by Dave Cooper.  Call this the year of the pipeline. As bitumen production from the oilsands continues to increase, pipeline firms have pushed forward with major projects that are now almost ready to flow.  Two major oil-export lines to the U.S. and a large diluent-import line are set to go into operation this year, while two other lines undergo significant expansions.  This year also marks the start of hearings for Northern Gateway, Enbridge's dual bitumen-export and diluent-import project between Bruderheim and Kitimat, B.C.  I... The line will bring diluent [...]