Low gas pressure worsens weather woes – The News International – … there is no real improvement in supply of gas in the system of Sui Northern Gas  Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL). In most of homes, gas water-geysers and heaters are completely inoperative …  (Note: We include news of this gas company on the far side of the world because of its name and because the supply challenges it faces seem so familiar!  -dh)

 

Duluth News Tribune by Mark Perry.  Kicking the can down the road, as President Obama did in delaying a decision on construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas, certainly pleased the green lobby. But it did absolutely nothing for jobs creation

 

Anchorage Daily News: Becky Bohrer – Lingering issues to test Legislature as it opens Oil taxes are expected to be a major issue this legislative session, with lawmakers needing to decide whether a change in the tax structure is necessary — as Gov. Sean Parnell says it is — to spur new oil production.

 

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Matt Buxton Interior Alaska politicians say energy costs their top issue With just two days before the state legislative session starts, the Interior Delegation is stressing the need to take big steps to lower the cost of energy in the Fairbanks area.

 

CTV Winnipeg: Pipeline debate best left to Canadians: B.C. Premier When it comes to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, British Columbia’s premier says the debate and decision is best left to Canadians.

 

Los Angeles Times: Neela Banerjee Keystone XL pipeline would be hard to kill, analysts say "We think it will be built," said Jamie Webster, senior manager for markets at PFC Energy, a Washington consulting firm. "The interesting bit is, what is ‘it’? The future of the pipeline could go a couple of different ways."