ADN.  Mark Myers (NGP Photo), a former head of the U.S. Geological Survey, is joining the University of Alaska Fairbanks as vice chancellor of research.  Myers currently leads the state's effort, under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, to encourage construction of a huge natural gas pipeline. He tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that he will keep that job until mid-January to ensure a smooth transition.  The school announced Friday that Myers will replace Buck Sharpton, who was chosen last month to serve as acting chairman of the federal Arctic Research [...]

CALL TO ACTION: LIFT THE OCS MORATORIUM!!!  CBC.  Mackenzie Pipeline dissention over 'transparency'. Governor Sean Parnell Challenges Overreaching Federal Government   By   Dave Harbour   Yesterday, reporters gathered in Governor Sean Parnell’s (NGP Photo) Anchorage office to hear him describe an Alaska petition to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to remove (“delist”) Steller sea lions from Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections in Southeast Alaska.   In response to questioning, he invited likeminded stakeholders to support the State’s petition. He noted that the action was taken in coordination with Washington and [...]

  7:32 a.m. ADT.  Rig fire in GOM.  Coast Guard responds.  Check news outlets White House Press Secretary says (12:28 p.m. EDT) production well not in active production - Thirteen people rescued - 100 miles offshore, federal waters    DOI.  Secretary Ken Salazar appears today in Barrow.  *    DOI.  Secretary Ken Salazar appears tomorrow in Anchorage.   Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska (CINGSA): for a recent, outstanding summary see Alan Bailey's (NGP Photo-l) Petroleum News Alaska article, here.  Earlier ADN story.  KTUU's story today, by Ted Land.   Yesterday, representatives of [...]