Some Old News Is Haunting
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Jeff Jones – John Rense – Dave Harbour Discuss Energy Issues
Yesterday the radio studios of KFQD in Anchorage hosted a vibrant discussion of energy issues facing Alaska and the U.S. Alaska Journal of Commerce Publisher Jeff Jones moderated the Dan Fagan Show conversation with invited guests, John Rense and Dave Harbour. (NGP Photos: Jeff Jones, seated, and John Rense) The conversations may be here: 2nd hour with Rense beginning and Harbour joining at .35 min; 3rd hour, with all three gentlemen. Audio:danfaganhour3 HARBOUR-JONES(1).wavdan fagan - HARBOUR-RENSE-JONES2 (7).wav
TUNE IN THIS AFTERNOON TO OUR TALK RADIO DISCUSSION – Alaskans Are Apprehensive – Understandably
This afternoon at 4 p.m. Alaska time, your author will be in the studio with Alaska Journal of Commerce publisher, Jeff Jones (NGP Photo) as we focus on 2011 energy/economic challenges in Alaska and throughout North America. You may stream the audio this afternoon at 4 AST by clicking here, on the Dan Fagan Radio Show Icon. Or, you may listen to or download the podcast later by clicking here on 'Hour 3'. Peninsula Clarion by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo). Expectation and apprehension: two words that say it all for 2011. [...]
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We’re very proud of our fellow Alaskans…
...for commenting on Shell Oil's 2011 Beaufort Sea exploration program. Today we received a copy of longtime Alaskan David Dittman's (NGP Photo) comment and thought you might be interested in his typically logical viewpoint. He said: There is a common expression that '…if there is any doubt, let’s err on the side of conservation.' On the surface, the expression may sound reasonable, but in reality, absolute perfection is impossible to achieve, so there will always be some element of doubt. So taken literally, this apparently reasonable position actually becomes an unreasonably hard line and barrier to [...]
Caught Again….
We Identified This Similar Departure From Truth Comment: Without new oil supplies from Arctic frontier areas controlled by the Feds, Alaska's oil pipeline future is jeapordized along with prospects for the North Slope gas pipeline whose economics are closely related to new gas discoveries and the sustainability of the oil pipeline. -dh Houston Chronicle (12/28) reports, “When federal officials lifted the ban on deep-water drilling in early October, Houston-based ATP Oil & Gas was ready to roll. The small production company was finishing up work on a well that tied into [...]
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Alaska’s Friend, Bud Greenspan, Passes….
(Personal note: We thank the Los Angeles Times and Mike Kupper for bringing us news of Bud Greenspan {Photo}. Here's a great AP story by sportswriter, Jim Litke. Sometimes we take a personal privilege prerogative, here, and note the passing of dear friends. One such friend is Bud Greenspan who became a steady friend of Alaska and this writer as our Anchorage Organizing Committee fought to become a venue for the Winter Olympics twenty years ago. Rick Mystrom (NGP Photo-r), Anchorage's former Mayor, and advertising executive Rick Nerland led [...]
All I Wanted For Christmas….
...see last year's editorial and the one we offered in 2001. Still valid? You be the judge. Merry Christmas. -dh
12-25-14 Remembering Bill Tobin and The Anchorage Times At Christmas
On Christmas, I always remember how an old friend, Bill Tobin, used to include this "Christmas Tree" every year on the Anchorage Times editorial page. I'm honored to carry on the tradition and reprint Bill's Christmas Tree below as a tribute to our great Alaska predecessors and as a commitment to honor and propagate their pioneering spirit. (NGP Photo, holding Evangeline Atwood's book: Two years before his passing, Bill invited me to lunch at the Petroleum Club. I took the opportunity to ask him to put a note in Evangeline's book, [...]
Alaskans Came Through On Beaufort Sea Comments…. – Gas Pipeline Delay?
...and we're happy to give you a link to new comments HERE, by Representative Bob Lynn (NPG Photo-l), Steve Hites (NGP Photo-r) of Skagway. Tulsa World by Becky Bohrer. Federal analysts believe it will not be economical to build a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska for at least the next 20 years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says in a recent report. Calgary Herald by Dina O'Meara. A recent report by U.S. energy regulators throws TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Alaska natural gas pipeline into question, suggesting shipping Arctic gas south won't economically [...]
Alaska-US Cooperation Needed For A Good Energy Marriage
Dehcho Challenges Remain For Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Sponsors Former Mayor Jim Whitaker (NGP Photo) takes over Port Authority...seeks North Slope gas supply Comment: In 1959 State and Federal leaders agreed Alaskans had justified statehood based on their ability to become a self-sustaining, natural resource state. Today, we have identified federal natural resource policies designed to return Alaska to a pre-statehood dependency on the Federal government. State policies -- which govern investment on state-controlled lands -- have become decidedly investment-unfriendly. Both state and federal cooperation is needed for Alaska's natural resources based [...]
Some of Alaska’s Great Americans Are Fighting For Alaska’s Economy This Christmas.
Comment: We don't have the physical torture faced by General Washington's Army in Valley Forge 233 years ago or General Patton's Army 66 years ago in Europe but we're fighting for the same freedom. Some of our Alaskans have shown themselves to be great Americans, taking a little time from the comfort of this season to fight for continued freedom, an indirect way of honoring those who have defended freedom's frontier throughout the years. Join them and write a letter today to help defend against forces that would eject many of [...]
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Yes, Holy Christmas Approaches on 12/25…But Remember To Defend Alaska 24/7
Yesterday we commented on the Obama Administration effort to shut down Alaska. Today, we make note of two things: Governor Sean Parnell's determination to keep Alaska open for business (See ADN), and the need for all Americans to send in comments this week regarding next summer's planned Beaufort Sea exploration program. If the preponderance of comment is from activist environmental groups rather than from Alaskans and Americans everywhere interested in national sucurity, jobs and a recovering economy, the Obama soldiers could say, "Well, the preponderance of opinion on the record [...]