Wall Street Journal.  Green Energy Jobs Extremist Resigns.     *    Sympatico, by CBC.  Denali Canada is asking the Yukon Environment and Socio-economic Assessment Board for permission to drill test holes in the Johnson’s Crossing-Teslin area. TransCanada Pipelines, and its subsidiary Foot Hills, claim to have exclusive rights to the pipeline right-of-way in the Yukon. Not so, said David MacDowell (NGP Photo), communications director for Denali Canada. Denali has made the soil-testing application in anticipation of a competing bid next year. He said Denali wants to use the Alaska Highway corridor as well, and they’re starting with an application to the environmental assessment board to drill soil testing holes near Teslin. "We’re going to be holding an open season in 2010," said MacDowell, indicating the firm will be trying to attract major customers in the United States who want to ship gas from the Alaska North Slope.    *     Calgary Herald.  The Canadian government needs to muster the political will to ensure the $16.2-billion Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline is built, the Northwest Territories’ energy minister said Tuesday.  Bob McLeod, the territory’s minister of industry, tourism and investment, said….     *     Alaska Gas Pipeline Glogspot.  What does this mean to projects like the Alaska Gas Pipeline? – Nothing directly other than we should take note of the ongoing current and future demands for gas to fuel extraction of oil from the Canadian tar sands. Oil extraction requires about 1 BTU of energy for every 6 BTU of oil produced.      *      Silobreaker, by CBC.  Canada’s northern premiers say a military presence in the Arctic is needed to ensure continued sovereignty over the region.  … "When it comes to Arctic sovereignty, a military presence is a prerequisite, so we certainly support that approach," Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie told reporters Saturday at the end of a two-day meeting in Iqaluit.  … Northwest Territories Premier Floyd Roland said the northern territories are taking a more prominent role in Canadian politics in what he sees as an important juncture in Canada’s development. "Now we’re at the table," said Roland. "We’re the final piece of nation building for this country …. And the international interest in the North even puts more attention on that."     *     Oil and Gas Eurasia.  Founded four years ago, Murmanshelf is the umbrella industry trade organization for oilfield service companies, geophysical exploration teams, logistics providers, subcontractors, and even the land construction companies that will be necessary to transform the Port of Murmansk into the principal supply base for Arctic oil and gas development in the Barents Sea and beyond. … Murmanshelf was formed in 2005 as part of a broader cooperation agreement between the Murmansk Regional government and Statoil. “And it would not exist at all if not for the efforts of our former Murmansk Governor Yuri Yevdokimov,” Stratiy said. Yevdokimov, a member of the United Russia party, resigned as governor in March after he was criticized for having supported the election of an independent party candidate for mayor of Murmansk. He was replaced by the current governor, Dmitriy Dmitriyenko.  But Stratiy and his deputy, Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich Maslov, are having no trouble working with the new administration as practical tasks and challenges just keep coming at them, starting with the development of the Shtokman field and …   *   Alaska Examiner by Lawrence Wood comments on Governor’s speech (our links in stories below).