Brett Chandler’s Blog. Jim Prentice intimates here that the Mackenzie Valley Gasline is a national environmental priority. * 
Scott Heyworth alerts us of a New EIA Arctic Report examining the discovered and undiscovered Arctic oil and natural gas resource base with respect to their location and concentration. The paper also discusses the cost and impediments to developing Arctic oil and natural gas resources, including those issues associated with environmental habitats and political boundaries. * The Alaska Standard, by
Alex Gimarc. "Warning to the readership; this is a contra-logical article. I want to explore the notion that the Sarah Palin (NGP Photo) Administration’s AGIA process may have just delayed the natural gas pipeline to the extent that we are not going to lose our shirt on it as a state as we create a multi billion dollar white elephant." * House Special Committee on Energy Co-Chair Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, released the following statement today regarding the federal Mineral Management Service’s conditional approval of Shell Oil’s Beaufort Sea exploration plans: "This is welcome and important news for Alaska workers and families," Millett said. "I …
implored Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to allow this plan to move forward over the spring during testimony in Anchorage and am glad he and the MMS listened to all of our pro-development voices on this issue. Now it is up to Shell to prove that they can carry out an environmentally responsible drilling plan
next summer. I am encouraged by the MMS decision today, and hope the Shell program leads to more responsible offshore development in the future." (See our story, yesterday. -dh) * ADN. The federal Minerals Management Service said it will allow Shell to drill for oil and gas in the far western area of Camden Bay, west of Kaktovik, if certain conditions are met. For the project to go forward, it must comply with state and federal environmental requirements and Shell needs to obtain a drill permit from MMS, the service announced Monday. * Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge. On Monday, two Alaska senators unveiled a 50-page document offering not a policy, but a series of goals and recommendations on energy. Meanwhile, two House committees — Resources and Energy — have a four-page draft bill that lays out a policy statement.
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