World Trade Center – Alaska
Find Photos and Stories Here: 12-1-09.
AEA Releases Regional Integrated Resource Plan (RIRP) – Gas outlook…. (more coming later today)
AEA release: The Regional Integrated Resource Plan (RIRP) is a 50-year, long-range plan that will identify combinations of generation and transmission (G&T) capital improvement projects in the Railbelt Region of Alaska. Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole. The December edition of Business Monitor International’s monthly review of oil in gas in North America has a grim assessment of the natural gas outlook. The London-based publication says that Canadian companies such as Suncor Energy, EnCana and Enbridge Energy Partners are looking to sell some of their “noncore” natural gas production because of [...]
More on Climate Change Hysteria
Houston Chronicle (12/2) reports, “Lawmakers on Wednesday began examining an array of ways to combat global warming, amid signs that the carbon dioxide emissions trading plan known as cap-and-trade may be faltering in the Senate. “We need to dispense with this somewhat blind loyalty to economy-wide cap-and-trade,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) of Alaska, one of a handful of Republicans who has signaled she might support a climate change bill. “We need to be encouraged to look to all of the alternatives, and, unfortunately, so many of them have just been [...]
Obama Administration Strikes Another Economic Blow Against Alaska – China Story Coming
...story coming Friday on this week's Alaska World Trade Center Luncheon Speaker, Consul General Gao Zhansheng. ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink. Federal regulators on Tuesday proposed designating more than 3,000 square miles of Cook Inlet as critical habitat for the Inlet's beluga whales.The proposed rule would provide an additional layer of protection for the roughly 300 remaining Cook Inlet belugas that were listed as endangered in October 2008, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "It means that we are looking more broadly than the species. We're also looking at its habitat," [...]
BC Pipeline Bombings Still a Concern – What’s New Between China and Alaska?
CBC. RCMP have decided against opening a mobile detachment in Tomslake, B.C., to help catch the person responsible for six pipeline bombings in the area since October 2008. Today's Alaska World Trade Center Luncheon Speaker, Consul General Gao Zhansheng spoke eloquently on the relationship between China and the U.S. ... and between China and Alaska. See our earlier report on Chairman Wu Bangguo's (NGP Photo) visit to Anchorage with Governor Sean Parnell. More tomorrow....
Climate What? Update on Global Warming Scandal/Fraud.
See last week's Global Warming Scandal/Fraud revelations, here. Now, see what this week's scrutiny brings us, below. The Alaska Standard's Alex Gimarc (Photo-r) comments: The leak of 160 meg of e-mails, computer modeling code, spreadsheets and other data from East Anglia University’s Climate Research Unit has exposed over a decade of fraudulent climate science “proving” the existence of manmade global warming. It has thoroughly documented the complete corruption of the peer review process and corruption of the scientific journals used to publish those results. At this point, not only are the conclusions [...]
Blogger’s imagination … and, more on global unwarming, etc.
Thomas Lamb's Blog. The Republican who heads up the federal agency overseeing the proposed construction of Alaska's natural gas pipeline is stepping down at the request of President Barack Obama. Hmmmmm...... The Denali project is seeking Gazprom's support and there are rumblings that the Hickel LNG project may be linked up with the Denali project. Hickel is supporting Bill Walker in the Republican primary for Governor and Sarah Palin is supporting Sean Parnell. And the bad news on TransCanada emerges? Reuters-Canada. Roads, buildings and pipelines in Canada's north are at risk from global warming and the government must do more [...]
Enforcing Cap and Raid Abuse–and More! – How Natural Gas Was Formed…Abiotic Synthesis? – Salazar Defends Oil & Gas Program
SEE PAULA EASLEY'S (NGP Photo) ALASKA STANDARD PIECE: It has all the earmarks of a blockbuster thriller - greed, corruption, lust for power, obstruction of justice, and more. It's been called the biggest scandal in history. Organized scientific fraud. Cap-and-trade con game. A conspiracy. One thing the mainstream media hasn’t called it is news. I’ve been riveted by the blogosphere's stunning "ClimateGate" revelations unfolding by the minute since November 20. It leaves me more disheartened than ever with the MSM’s long-standing failure to represent skeptics’ contention that CO2, a trace component of the atmosphere, [...]
ANGDA Hosts Two Useful Energy Events – CIRI Wind Moves Ahead Despite Backdraft – Salazar Announces Lease Sales
1. Last Friday, Chairman Mary Ann Pease (NGP Photo-r) conducted a Commonwealth North Energy Action Coalition meeting to hear a thorough briefing by the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative's (AVEC) Meera Kohler (NGP Photo-l). The briefing occurred at the offices of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA). AVEC serves 7,500 facilities with 78 employees and 95 village technicians in 53 villages covering a population of 22,000 comprising what would be Alaska's 4th largest city after Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. The AVEC customers comprise 44% of Alaska's village citizens. Contributing to [...]
Two Important Gas Pipeline Updates: Rena Delbridge and Tim Bradner
Read Rena Delbridge's Gas Pipeline Update. Tim Bradner's Gas Pipeline Perspective.
Alaska Support Industry Alliance Archives
1. Please go here for pre-2009 Alliance archives. 2. Google search (upper right column) for numerous, "Post-2009 Alaska Support Industry Alliance" links.
Alaska House in New York Responds To Our Editorial
Below is the Alaska House letter and our response.... Dave Harbour, Founder Northern Gas Pipelines November 20, 2009 Dear Mr. Harbour: I’d like to offer a response to the editorial regarding the recent Anchorage Daily News story and the WWF reception to clarify the mission of Alaska House, New York. Stated simply, our mission is to educate the public about both the issues and opportunities facing all Alaskans. Your editorial rightly points out the significant economic challenges facing the State and offers a call [...]
RDC Closes 30th Anniversary Conference and Drue Pearce Gives Her Final Speech As the Federal Coordinator, Receives Standing Ovation
RDC Treasurer, Tom Maloney (NGP Photo), opened the conference with a spirited introduction of Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo-r) who gave more than the usual, mayoral welcome to Anchorage. (More reports, links, photos coming....) Below is a Face Book comment made this morning. Dave Harbour (Related Facebook Comment) Alaska's propensity to spend our children's future by imposing unreasonable taxes, our irresponsible spending habits, and our overall reluctance to adopt an adult-like fiscal plan are killing prospects for prosperity. It's not too late, but it is getting [...]
RDC Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Packed, Informative Conference and Trade Show
Pat Pourchot Promises: "President Obama and Secretary Salazar Have Expressed Strong Support For Alaska" Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge (NGP Photo-left). North Slope oil companies issued a warning on Wednesday morning: Without significant state and federal changes, investment and new exploration will taper off dramatically in 2010. They also cited huge shale gas reserves in the Lower 48, unfavorable state fiscal policies and massive risk associated with the multibillion dollar cost of a proposed natural gas pipeline as real challenges to delivering Alaska's natural gas to markets. Spokespeople for majors [...]
11-18-09 NARUC ISSUES DRILLING MORATORIA REPORT – OFFICIALS DEBATE AGIA IN FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks News Miner, by Christopher Eshleman. State officials said Tuesday night that efforts to spur construction of a massive natural gas pipeline are on schedule despite skepticism from critics and some lawmakers. The plan, pitched by former Gov. Sarah Palin under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, is projected to have drawn $150 million in investments from the team of TransCanada and Exxon Mobil by mid-summer, according to an October progress report. * * * National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 121st Convention, Chicago, Ill. Monday, Gas [...]