July 16, 2012 - Northern Gas Pipelines

7-16-12

Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) invites Interior Department officials to the 'hot seat'. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) on Friday, July 13 sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar regarding the Committee’s request for transcribed interviews with five Department officials who were personally involved in developing the May 2010 Interior Department report that falsely stated independent engineers had peer reviewed and supported a drilling moratorium. In this follow-up letter, Chairman Hastings states that he intends to invite the five Department officials, and possibly [...]

7-15-12

ADN by Paul Jenkins. Slated for the Aug. 28 primary ballot, Ballot Measure 2 is an initiative from hell: a convoluted, 15-page freak show slapped together behind closed doors. The state estimates it would cost $5.4 million to run this vague, unvetted scheme. The 703-word measure -- the longest in state history -- would create an entirely new coastal management regime. It would defang the Legislature, end-run the Alaska Constitution and subject development in Alaska to the capricious whim of a new, powerful and unaccountable bureaucracy bound by few, if [...]