PNA, by Gary Park: There is no need to ban drilling in Canadian coastal waters.... Commentary.  The Federal agency below (BOEM) will advise Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo) on the future of Alaska OCS development. This development involves the potential of 30,000 jobs per year, increased life for the Trans Alaska Pipeline, potential Federal revenue sharing and economic support for an Alaska gas pipeline.  In short, next week's meeting will influence the entire economic health and future of Alaska.  It is especially vital that Alaskan legislators, mayors and assembly members attend. [...]

Alaska Newspapers by Margaret Bauman.  Vice President Joe Biden ... saluted his friend ... "To the people of Alaska I can say with absolute certainty, without fear of contradiction, what Hamlet said to Horatio: "we shall not look upon his like again." The Anchorage Baptist Temple was the site, yesterday, of Senator Ted Stevens' funeral (NGP Photo: 8-18-10) In addition to those mentioned in the ADN story below, we were delighted to note the attendance of General Colin Powell and Donna de Varona -- both of whose lives intersected your author's, because of [...]

"My future is in God's hands." ADN.  Here are the preliminary plans for the services for former Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (NGP Photo), who died in a plane crash early this week. All evens are open to the public. Seattle Times, by Kim Murphy-LA Times.  Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing calls for permanent wilderness protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), which holds up to 15 billion barrels of oil; and oil companies are balking at spending the estimated $40 billion needed to coax new oil out [...]

ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink.  Dana Tindall (File Photo), the General Communication Inc. executive who died in Monday's plane crash in the Bristol Bay region, was a major figure in Alaska's telecom industry.  ... Tindall's work on GCI's behalf is a major reason why Alaskans have a choice in telephone companies, said Nan Thompson, a former state regulator who now works for Enstar Natural Gas Co.  Thompson called Tindall a "brilliant strategist." ... Tindall was a key GCI strategist in this ultimately successful fight, and local service since has expanded within Alaska.  "Understanding [...]

ADN by JAMES HALPIN, RICHARD MAUER and LISA DEMER.  Friends of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (NGP Photo-r with author) said he was traveling Monday to the GCI-owned Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik, and they were concerned for him.  A woman who answered the phone at the Anchorage home of retired Air Force Gen. Joe Ralston, a good friend of Stevens, said Ralston was with Stevens' wife, Catherine, comforting her and trying to find out what was going on.  No one answered the phone at the homes of Stevens' daughter, Susan [...]

Hear our talk show program last week, analyzing the impact of many dangerous energy initiatives threatening the economy of Alaska!  And here's a link, "Strangling Alaska",  to several stories on this subject. Tundra Drums, by Dave Harbour.  The latest attack on Alaska's economy comes from legislation sponsored by Senator Mark Begich (NGP Photo). Adopted by the Senate Commerce Committee, this bill is seemingly well intended - like SB 4 --and disguised as an effort to give coastal citizens a 'voice'.  But it would increase the cost of natural resource exploration [...]

Governor Parnell Says (NGP Photo-l) Senator Begich's Plan Is Unnecessary and We Say It Is Economic Suicide! See Our Editorial From A Year Ago...And Return For Our New Editorial On Monday See Governor Parnell's OpEd Piece From This Morning's Washington Post Scroll Down For Full Op-Ed Anchorage Federal Court Clarified that OCS Seismic Tests O.K.                          Scroll Down for Story Senator Begich (NGP Photo-r) Urges NOAA and BOEM to Quit Delaying Arctic OCS Permits    Scroll Down   ADN by Sean [...]

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Watch for Our Upcoming Feature: On Dave Stieren's Radio Show (NGP Photo, w/Author) We Unmasked Efforts to Undermine Alaska's Constitution Obama Administration's Drilling Ban (ObamaBan) Could Harm Alaska's and America's Economy for Decades to Come! Forbes Magazine, by Joel Kotkin--another great American.  The Obama administration's ban of offshore drilling could harm the state's -- and the nation's -- economy for decades to come.  The most serious collateral damage from the BP spill disaster could very likely be in the far north, along the Alaskan coast. The problem is not a current spill but [...]