2-24-14 Australian Investor Comments On Governor Walker’s Gas Project Rhetoric!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 24th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Reader Comment|

TransCanada's Keystone XL: This IHS study finds that Keystone XL replace other heavy crude imports from countries like Venezuela. What if he vetoes? 5 Keystone XL pipeline hurdles still ahead Keystone XL pipeline will be approved, Greg Rickford predicts Keystone bill would be vetoed by Obama, White House says Keystone XL pipeline bill passes major hurdle in U.S. Senate Keystone XL pipeline project decision back in Obama's hands Australian Investor Speaks! Our Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) friends will want to tune in today to Alaska legislative video conferences dealing with [...]

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2-23-15 We continue to wish Alaska’s new governor well, but hope there’s not a screw loose somewhere….

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 23rd, 2015|Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|

In tomorrow's posting, we'll explain why we struggle with the logic of recent public statements.  -dh Meanwhile, we urge our readers to carefully listen to Governor Bill Walker's words from his news conference last week. Then, we suggest that our discerning readers fill in any blank spaces by absorbing Walker's message in his Saturday, Mat-Su Frontiersman Op-ed piece: From Sunday's Fairbanks News Miner comes this related Op-ed by Senate Resources Committee Chairman, Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo):  See Harold Heinze's 2-21-15 letter to Senator Giessel, here. Walker sincerely shares the same goals as myself, [...]

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2-22-15 Feds Create Con To Coerce Cash From National Petroleum Reserve Producer

By |2016-03-13T03:49:52-09:00February 22nd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Reader Comment|

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Andrew Jensen.  The $8 million exacted from ConocoPhillips in order to receive its permit to construct the Greater Moose’s Tooth-1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is a rather elegant combination of old school protection rackets and third world government kickbacks.

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2-21-15

By |2016-03-13T03:49:52-09:00February 21st, 2015|Uncategorized|

News Miner.  HB 119, from Rep. Andy Josephson, would require the commissioners of Natural Resources, Environmental Conservation and Fish and Game independently find that an applicant has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that a large-scale metallic sulfide mine within the watershed of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve would not constitute a danger to the fisheries.

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2-20-15 Alaska Gasline Board Appointees AND More On Fairbanks Gas LNG/Transportation/Distrbution Project

By |2018-03-07T10:59:15-09:00February 20th, 2015|Commentary, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

Yesterday, Alaska Governor Bill Walker appointed three new board members to the AGDC (Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, aka. "ASAP"). Video: note sound volume low in beginning, becomes normal after a few minutes. STATUS: Interior Energy Project (Government project to establish a new, natural gas LNG / transmission / distribution system for Fairbanks Alaska.) Here is our "links page" to the IAP for quick reference. COMMENTARY: IEP On February 12 we had become confused about status of the multi-hundred million dollar government program to provide one Alaskan community with low cost energy. Since a [...]

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2-19-15 Interior Energy Project Suggestion….

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 19th, 2015|Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Reader Comment|

BP and Commonwealth North: Two economic reports offer "Good News for Alaska" Commonwealth North hosted its 9th annual Alaska Assets Review on February 18. The program recognizes that as shareholders of “Alaska Inc.” the citizens of Alaska need to be informed about how the assets of their company are performing. This year Northrim Bank President and CEO Joe Beedle (NGP Photo-L) and former Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell (NGP Photo) presented the performance review.  Read full report....  BP’s Annual Energy Outlook also appeared this week; it has become one of the most reliable sources on the topic of the future of [...]

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2-18-15 Open Letter To Interior Secretary Sally Jewell

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 18th, 2015|ANWR, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|

Open Letter To Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary Of Interior On Occasion Of Her Visit To Alaska Useful video references: 1) "Broken Promises" by Former Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel (NGP Photo-L) and, 2) "Alaska Under Siege" by Dan Fagan (NGP Photo) by Dave Harbour ​We keep hoping that the current Administration's agency appointees will place loyalty to the one appointing them secondary to the public interest and fidelity to the Constitution. Secretary Jewell:  We especially commend for your reading the wise counsel Alaska North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower has offered to you and the [...]

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2-17-15 “Here’s What I Would Do If I Were President”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 17th, 2015|ANWR, Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, NPR-A, Personal|

Personal: We join our Fairbanks friends in lamenting the passing of our dear friend, Bob Bettisworth.  -dh As Interior Secretary Sally Jewell arrives in Alaska, North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower (NGP Photo) writes that ANWR, "...wilderness proponents ... completely ignore the plight of my people, the Iñupiat."   Read more here. What Would You Do If You Were President? By Dave Harbour On Sunday, Fox News interviewed one of the wisest combat leaders of the modern era, Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney, USAF-Retired (NGP Photo), co-author of Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory [...]

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2-16-15 Ready To Be Part Of A Fundamentally Transformed Country?

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 16th, 2015|ANWR, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, NPR-A, OCS|

Energy Users and Internet Users Both Experience Government Overreach And Deterioration Of The Rule of Law (Canada is not immune) by Dave Harbour FCC commissioner Ajit Pai: Obama's push for 'Net Neutrality' will be "adopting a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist using legal authority we don't have." To our energy readers: The dictatorial, FCC action described by Commissioner Pai, is consistent with the lawless character of the U.S. executive governmental branch.   In Alaska we've seen due process and the rule of law attacked by federal administrative / [...]

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2-15-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 15th, 2015|ANWR, Federal Obstruction|

ADN Op-Ed by John Coghill (NGP Photo-L), Chad Hutchison.   On Feb. 5, Steve Haycox (NGP Photo-R) published an opinion piece entitled, "Alaska leaders’ talk against Obama is cheap, and ignores the long-established law of the land." Respectfully, we disagree with a few of the points made, particularly on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 

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2-13-15 Murkowski Seeks ANWR Approval

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 13th, 2015|ANWR|

Other News: Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  TransCanada Corp., (TSX:TRP) the company proposing the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline, said fourth-quarter profit rose as it began oil shipments on the southern leg of the project. Today's relevant Consumer Energy Alliance News Links Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), BP, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and TransCanada have submitted a series of draft environmental and socioeconomic reports to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Alaska LNG project.​ A few minutes ago, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (NGP Photo), released comments describing her introduction this [...]

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2-12-15 Senators Murkowski and Sullivan Take On Big Issues Of The Day

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 12th, 2015|ANWR, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, Keystone XL, LNG, NPR-A|

Sen. Murkowski meets with Kerry on Arctic issues - Timothy Cama  Alaska's newest U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan tackles big issues! U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, yesterday applauded passage by the House of legislation approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border. The House approved S.1 by a vote of 270 to 152. New U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo) of Alaska delivers maiden speech (1/27/15): Supporting Keystone XL and "Big Dreams"and a federal government that, "ignites hope". Boehner: Obama siding with [...]

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2-11-15 Energy Projects Cry Out For Market Freedom

By |2016-12-22T22:28:36-09:00February 11th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|

TODAY: Chairman Upton & Chairman Murkowski to Join House and Senate Leaders At Keystone XL Press Rally The Alaska LNG Project provided draft environmental and socioeconomic reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is responsible for conducting the environmental review of the project. www.ferc.gov.  US/Canadian Pipelines And A Call For Market Freedom by Dave Harbour Free enterprise, like water, always seeks a way out of containment in a natural quest for liberation. In recent months, we have reported extensively on President Obama's improper (i.e. and totally rational, if [...]

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2-10-15 FBI Investigates Enviro Activists

By |2016-12-22T22:28:36-09:00February 10th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Keystone XL|

(A strange turn of events when the current administration's FBI investigates anti-Keystone XL extremist environmental planners who could have criminal intent.  See Globe & Mail Story Here.  -dh)   Globe and Mail.   See yesterday's report of another possibility: an Oil Sands Alaska Pipeline concept ... that we reported on over two years ago.  -dh Opponents of Canadian oil say they’ve been contacted by FBI investigators in several states following their involvement in protests that delayed northbound shipments of equipment to Canada’s oilsands. ... Deep Green Resistance.   That group, DGR, [...]

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