7-13-13 National Ocean Policy Council Update

Here is your important National Ocean Policy Council Monthly Report: I. Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Announces Public Webinar, Membership Roster II. U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Two Bills With National Ocean Policy Provisions III. Great Lakes Boating Magazine Addresses NOP, Calls NOPC “The Voice of Boaters” IV. Petition Cites NOP As Justification For Protection Of 81 Species Under ESA V. NRC Report Calls For National Sustainability Policy, Cites NOP As Model I. Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Announces Public Webinar, Membership Roster   In an email announcement, the federal, state, and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 13th, 2013|Coastal Management, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-12-13

Today's latest from American Energy Alliance: Like, first they came for the loggers, and I was like, who cares? Then they came for coal miners, and I was like, right on dude. Wait, wait, you seriously want to take away my bonfire? Help, somebody help!Fox News (7/11/13) reports: A tradition dating back to the 1940s -- bonfire pits on the beaches of southern California -- is being targeted by state officials who say the popular pastime is no longer acceptable because of global warming and negative health consequences. ‘One fire pit [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 12th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-11-13

See Governor Sean Parnell's Letter to Secretary Sally Jewell Announcing Alaska's Plan To Move Foreward On ANWR! July 9, 2013, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced that the State of Alaska is officially submitting a plan for seismic exploration activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1002 Area, pursuant to Section 1002(e) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). “The 1002 Area of ANWR holds enormous promise for Alaska and for our nation,” Governor Parnell said. “Federal law provides clear direction and mandates a number of [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:44-09:00July 11th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-10-13

FuelFix: Climate Plan Prompts Look at Energy Transportation Emissions *Op-Ed by David Holt - With the President’s recent release of his Climate Action Plan, and his comments on the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Consumer Energy Alliance believes it’s appropriate to examine the emissions associated with the transportation of crude oil.  It’s not just the refining and consumption of petroleum products that releases GHG’s. The transportation of oil from one country to another also carries a GHG footprint, as fuel is consumed by oil tankers, trains, trucks and pipelines as they move oil from [...]

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7-9-13 Beware Of New Fracking Movie Hoax

From American Energy Alliance: Morning Energy News - July 9, 2013   Let us save you three hours of avant garde, pouty whisper-narration: this is Gasland 1 retold with every inaccuracy, hoax, and outright lie. Don’t watch this movie, not because it’s so terribly presented and lacks any kind tie of reality, but because time is precious and there are so many better ways to spend those three long hours. Washington Free Beacon (7/8/13) reports: “Environmentalist filmmaker Josh Fox presents a hoax perpetrated by a Texas activist designed to malign an innovative oil [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 9th, 2013|Fracking, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-8-13 – Questions and Answers About Alaska’s Tax Reform Legislation

Fairbanks News Miner by John Coghill (NGP Photo).  Coghill provides answers to questions about oil and gas tax reform legislation and the current attempt by referendum to repeal tax reform.   OUR COMMENTARY: We compliment Senator John Coghill this morning for two reasons: 1) his insight on oil and gas issues, and, 2) his political courage.   First, on the issue.  Sunday's News Miner featured his Opinion piece wherein he provided 'Questions and Answers' about the recent passage of oil and gas tax reform legislation and the current effort to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 8th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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7-7-13 ANS Production Drops Below 500k Barrels/Day As Cook Inlet Production Rises

Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.  Alaska North Slope crude oil production dropped below 500,000 barrels per day in June, averaging 497,582 bpd, down 6.95 percent, from a May average of 534,741 bpd, while much smaller Cook Inlet production volumes saw a 5.4 percent increase to 13,571 bpd in May over April. Note: Legislators have given Cook Inlet Producers favorable tax incentives for several years--resulting in more exploration and infrastructure investment.  North Slope producers have been given punishing taxes until this Spring when the legislature enacted tax reform.  However, that reform [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:05-09:00July 7th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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7-6-13 – Like Alaska, British Columbia Faces Reality of Global Competition

Petroleum News Alaska by Gary Park.  Japan’s largest importer of LNG has delivered a sharp jolt to the British Columbia government: Drop the idea of a tax on gas exports or put its LNG dreams in danger.  Tepco, Tokyo Electric Power Co., also prodded the government to resolve the concerns raised by First Nations about the construction of pipelines from northeastern British Columbia gas fields to coastal liquefaction terminals.  A company spokeswoman said uncertainty hanging over the LNG projects, including taxation on Greenfield operations, could slow or stop plans.  Tepco [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 6th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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7-5-13 The White House Fatāwā On Energy Consumers and Taxpayers

President Obama's Climate Action Plan by Dave Harbour There is nothing significantly "good" about Obama's simultaneous attack on American taxpayers, energy consumers and the free market.     His "Climate Action Plan" will lead America away from energy Report and Commentary: CANADA.  (Draft, subject to edits) In Canada, the environmental community continues a more than 40 year strategy for opposing development.  It flowered in the 1970s as various environmental activists, church activists and other liberal allies created a 'moratorium' strategy for blocking construction of the original Alaska/Canada natural gas pipeline.  [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 4th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, Global Warming|0 Comments
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7-4-13

Happy Independence Day Egypt and America; Defend Your Constitutions Against All Enemies, Both Foreign and Domestic!  -dh Alaska Extends TransCanada Agreement Platts.  Alaska has extended an agreement with TransCanada that sees the state offer subsidies for the firm's work on a natural gas pipeline and LNG export project in the state, a state official said Wednesday. The previous agreement expired June 30.  Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) is still unhappy with the rate of progress on the project, but the state believes TransCanada and North Slope producers are making progress toward a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 4th, 2013|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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7-3-13

  From Energy in Depth, today's shale news: The Rise Of Saudi Texas: Shale And Farewell To OPEC. Investor's Business Daily. Production data for April show how fracking has shattered not only the shale rock in formations like Texas' Eagle Ford and Permian Basin but also the myths of "peak oil" and petroleum as an energy source of the past.   Energy Secretary Defends Hydraulic Fracturing. Energy Unites, EID’s Dana Bohan. The President’s Climate Action Plan this week reinforced the important role natural gas production will continue to play in [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:46-09:00July 3rd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-2-13

Spacemart/UPI.  Electric cars, despite their supposed green credentials, are among the environmentally dirtiest transportation options....  

By |2016-03-13T03:54:45-09:00July 2nd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-1-13 More On The Coal War

 More today on Obama's coal war from Money Morning, Consumer Energy Alliance and American Energy Alliance Strangling the US Economy by Executive Order Money Morning by Martin Hutchison.  Last Tuesday, President Obama announced his "Action Plan on Climate Change." One of main "actions" is to kill a core piece of the US energy sector.   Among other things, he promised to use the Environmental Protection Agency regulation of carbon emissions to phase the U.S. out of coal fired power, even for existing stations.   ...environmentalists praised this move as a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00July 1st, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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