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6-4-12

...in Vancouver, B.C. with Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.  Governor Sean Parnell addresses commissioners this morning as this year's IOGCC Chairman.  Report coming.... Exxon Mobil bullish on natural gas exports. But will Alaska benefit? Alaska Dispatch Sean Parnell supports the idea. Early this year, Parnell announced incremental ... of a $40 billion natural gas pipeline to Canada to supply the Lower 48. A first step: Gas storage legislation could help Fairbanks costs Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Sean Parnell. Parnell signed legislation that offers a state tax credit or ... and laying the groundwork for gas delivered via pipeline in the future. New York Times: Arctic Oil: [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:10-09:00June 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

6-1-12 – North America Faces An International Environmental-Progressive Siege

Calgary Herald Opinion, by Deborah Yedlin.  It's nothing short of mind-boggling.  NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair briefly toured the oilsands Thursday. But his visit didn't appear to change his negative stance on the industry whose financial benefits outside this province top $100 billion on an annual basis, with the lion's share going to Ontario. Yesterday, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) sent a series of letters to the Obama Administration requesting further information on how much the federal government spends on Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related litigation and settlement costs.  “The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00June 1st, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments

5-31-12

Yesterday, we were honored to join other guests as new Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Morgan Christen (NGP Photo) was sworn into office.  The Ninth Circuit is the appeal platform for a number of energy based issues heard within its large, western jurisdiction that extends frrom Montana to Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. Pacific Trust islands.  It serves 20% of the US population, including over 60 million citizens.  The majority of the justices were present at  the Dena Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center between 3:30 and 5 p.m. before a [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:53:35-09:00May 31st, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

5-30-12

 Click here for the complete commentary, report and photos of the BLM's May 24th Anchorage hearing on the future of the Nation's National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, completed this morning.  -dh Calgary Herald, by Dina O'Meara.  The Canadian oilpatch The Hill, by Ben Geman.   Michael Bromwich (NGP Photo), who led the overhaul of the Interior Department’s troubled offshore drilling branch, was never especially shy about trading blows with House Republicans.  And now, back in the private sector, he’s really not pulling punches. Bromwich used a short National Journal commentary Tuesday to attack what he alleges [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00May 30th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

5-29-12

Last week, CEA issued a Call To Action urging energy consumers across the country who are concerned about energy access to urge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to move forward with a proposed Integrated Activity Plan that allows for expanded oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska as well as infrastructure development necessary to support oil and gas development offshore in the Chukchi Sea.  Other organizations within Alaska also announced 'Calls to Action'.  Today we will be finishing our hearing report ("Alaskans Rocked Last Night") complete with photos and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00May 29th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments

5-28-12

Looking forward to a Veterans Day television encounter today at Alaska Daylight Time, 4 p.m. with our friends at The Alaska Link!  Join us here.  NGP Photos: Dorene Lorenz and Mark Colavecchio.     Calgary Herald by James Wood.  ... Alison Redford (Photo by Colleen De Neve), fresh from her victory in the recent provincial election, plans to push her call for a Canadian energy strategy aimed at uniting provinces on resource development issues — and in backing Alberta’s oilsands.  Redford has said environment and energy — as well as Mulcair’s comments [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:53:35-09:00May 28th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

5-27-12

NYT by JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS.  After listening to their findings about the BP accident and the safety of deepwater drilling, the president abruptly changed the subject.  “Where are you coming out on the offshore Arctic?” he asked.  William K. Reilly (NGP Photo), a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency and a commission co-chairman, was startled, as was Carol M. Browner, the president’s top adviser at the time on energy and climate change. Although a proposal by Shell to drill in the Arctic had been a source of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:12-09:00May 27th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

5-26-12

Gas for southern Kenai: Parnell OKs partial gas line funding - Petroleum News Juneau reps riff on redistricting, gas line - Juneau Empire

By |2016-03-13T03:53:35-09:00May 27th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

5-25-12 – Alaskans ‘Rocked’ At Last Night’s BLM Hearing!

Alaskans Rocked At Last Night's BLM Hearing! Commentary by Dave Harbour Last night, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a hearing in Anchorage to gather comment on its Draft Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).  The Interior Department agency proposed four alternative approaches to managing NPR-A.  As many as a hundred had gathered in the Science Center of the BLM's Campbell Creek facility to listen or testify.  Twenty-one Alaskans enthusiastically supported oil and gas leasing of the nation's oil and gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:12-09:00May 25th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments

5-24-12 Tonight’s The (NPR-A) Night!

The Straight Good News, by Gillian Steward.  NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair might as well have declared war on the West. Gov. Parnell says energy relief on its way to Fairbanks, but not right away, The Republic Tonight, BLM Officials Will Be Taking Testimony On A Ridiculous Question: "Shall bureaucrats diminish or stop resource development In America's National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska at a time when gas prices are high, employment is low, TAPS is 2/3 empty, the national and state treasuries need more revenue, and when America has already designated NPR-A to be a National Petroleum [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:12-09:00May 24th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments

5-23-12

We joined Dan Fagan (NGP Photo-r) today on his radio show.  Our segment, shared with guest, Andrew Halcro (NGP Photo-L), followed an appearance by Governor Sean Parnell.  View the Parnell segment here by using the fast forward button to navigate to Hour: 1:36:11.  Our segment starts at: 2:07:45.  An earlier segment featured Jeff Jones, Governor Parnell's special assistant for natural resources.  -dh House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) yesterday sent a letter to the Department of the Interior’s Acting Inspector General (IG) Mary Kendall to question her about discrepancies [...]

By |2020-06-28T17:08:33-09:00May 23rd, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments

5-22-12

Last week we "Counted the ways Alaska is being assaulted by the Federal government".  Today, the CEA Alaska President Steve Pratt (NGP Photo) tells us that, "This Thursday, May 24th, starting at 7 PM (doors open at 6 PM) at the Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage the Bureau of Land Management will be taking testimony on a management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska.  Despite the fact that federal law forbids the federal government from even studying setting aside additional areas as wilderness or special conservation areas, two of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:13-09:00May 22nd, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments

5-21-12 – Intergenerational Inequity, Continued….

ADN Editorial: ... That's what was most frustrating about the state Senate refusing to even hold hearings on House Bill 9, which would have empowered the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. to pursue an in-state "bullet" line with a target of a 2013 open season and given AGDC a seat at the table for discussions on the LNG export project where it could leverage its work and the 417 miles of right of way it possesses.  If Alaska's state senators have an alternative way to get gas to state residents and relieve [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:13-09:00May 21st, 2012|Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments

5-17-12 We Detest Intergenerational Inequity — So Rampant Nationally and Throughout Alaska

Calgary Herald, by Dina O'Meara.  Enbridge Embarks on $3.2 Billion Expansion of Pipeline System Bloomberg by Ramsey Al-Rikabi.   Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., operator of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska crude system, will close for work (today), the first of as many as five shutdowns scheduled until Aug. 5. Intergenerational Inequity by Dave Harbour (Read the full article in this month's Alaska Business Monthly: Page 1 and Page 2) Author's note: Intergenerational inequity is a fancy term for spending money we don't have and letting our kids pay our debt, with interest.  Politicians love [...]

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