Regarding our Alaska Mining Day coverage and comment last Friday, we received this thoughtful note from reader, Paul Richards.          -dh "Dave, Thanks for the recognition of Alaska Mining Day and the appropriate Celebration shared by those who went to the Special Breakfast and who recognized Senator Cathy Giessel’s (NGP photo) Mining Day bill that was recently signed by the Governor….   Mining is a major part of Alaska's history that brought major exploration and jobs to the State and along with the men and women who stayed to make [...]

 Comment: This morning we join with members of the Alaska Mining Association to celebrate Alaska Mining Day.  We follow mining here to the extent that many of the same leasing, permitting and extremist opposition matters are those shared with oil and gas investors in northern Canada and Alaska.  Also, energy availability is a primary concern of miners and contributes to determination of whether a given property is economically feasible to develop.  We salute all of these resouorce pioneers, for without them and their hardy predecessors our way of life would [...]

  WASHINGTON, D.C. Link – Yesterday, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing entitled “DOI Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government Waste, Duplication, and Delay.”  This hearing focused on the potential impact that the Obama Administration’s proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations on federal lands would have on job creation, economic growth, and energy development in America.   For over 60 years, states have successfully and effectively regulated the process of hydraulic fracturing.  This process is essential to developing shale oil and natural gas.  With state regulation of hydraulic fracturing, President [...]