House to Hold Alaska Energy Hearing Next Week – Governor Parnell and Rebecca Logan Promote Rare Earth Elements In Alaska – ARNI Thwarts Two Big Alaska Projects

Dan Healing of the Calgary Herald Reports Louisana LNG Project Is A 'Go'!  ARNI Dogs Alaska Projects. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich (NGP Photo-l) today named Dr. James Kendall (NGP Photo-r at a 3-9-11 hearing in Anchorage) as the Director of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region. Dr. Kendall has been serving as Acting Director for the region since January 1, 2011.  (More below.)   Yesterday, Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) --  also grappling with Washington over energy access issues -- urged the federal government to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:48-09:00May 25th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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BOEMRE Releases Chukchi Draft SEIS For ADDITIONAL Comment – Keystone Nears Approval – No Cap & Trade for Canada

According to Senate Energy & Natural Resources Communication Officer Robert Dillon, Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today said of the BOEMRE announcement (below): “It’s my hope that this additional analysis on the potential impacts on the region will help resolve the legal challenges that have held up resource exploration in the Chukchi Sea." John Callahan of BOEMRE's ANCHORAGE office, provides this Friday announcement. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today released a Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:58:38-09:00May 20th, 2011|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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Obama Addresses Alaska Resources as Alaska Leaders Respond Guardedly – Truckers Speak Out – NEB Hosts Inuvik Roundtable And Pays Way For Some Guests

Today's Email Alert NEB.  Comment:  Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) will host a Roundtable Meeting in Inuvik at the Midnight Sun Recreation Centre from 10 to 16 September 2011 and reimburse certain outsiders up to $300,000 to fly in and sit at the roundtable.    We suspect that most of the subsidized visitors to Inuvik will be non-industry advocates.    We imagine the September event will merit some discussion at the Inuvik Petroleum Show next month.  -dh Opinion: American Truckers Speak Out On Energy. The trucking industry annually consumes 35 billion gallons of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:50-09:00May 16th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, NEB|0 Comments
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Coastal Governors Coalition Attracts BOEMRE Attention As Stephen Harper’s Election Bodes Well For The Oilpatch

See Arctic Imperative Summit Agenda: June 19-21, Alyeska Resort, Anchorage Comment.  Yesterday (Scroll down) we reported on the creation Monday of a Coastal Governors Coalition preparing to meet the various challenges posed by federal government Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) policy.  Today, we offer readers this letter sent yesterday by Michael Bromwich (NGP Photo), Director of the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to the four governors: Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry of Texas, Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Alaska's Sean Parnell.  The letter stresses how [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 4th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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Sean Parnell Joins Other Governors In Coastal Governors Coalition – Congress Focuses On OCS This Week

Commentary: We have written here for over two years about overreach of the federal government affecting both on- and off-shore natural resource exploration and development.  That overreach affects virtually every human activity in the North--including oil and gas pipeline efforts.  Yesterday in Houston, coastal governors -- including Sean Parnell -- began to organize a joint effort to augment their individual federal overreach defenses.  -dh Houston Chronicle.  Rick Perry (NGP Photo) is joining governors from Alaska and other states bordering the Gulf of Mexico today in a bid to get coastal state [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 3rd, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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BOEMRE Seminar 3:30 Today in Anchorage/Barrow/Fairbanks/Juneau: Defining Risk In the Arctic (We hope they’ll cover the greatest risk: an economic malaise caused by the Federal government, not environmental damage from 21st Century Arctic explorers -dh)

 Here is an update for the time and location of the UAA Seminar today (Invitation Here) This afternoon, at 3:30pm, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Deputy Regional Director Jeffery Loman will be one of the presenters with the University of Alaska – North by 2020’ seminar series – Defining Risk in Arctic Coastal & Offshore Resource Development. His topic: Preventing Success from Breeding Complacency. The seminar continues to explore overarching concepts of assessment and mitigation of risks applied in different settings relevant for natural resource development.   Susan [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:53-09:00April 28th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Meet Chairman Caron at the Inuvik Petroleum Show If You Can! – Attend Federal Coordinator Conference on Future of Alaska – TransCanada Trades Pipeline Interest – Commentary: Some Alaska Lawmakers are Adroit

The Deadline Is Friday: For Protecting Public Use of the Oceans and Great Lakes.  Use This Webpage to Easily Comment by the Friday Deadline On Another Example Of Federal Overreach -- As Washington Bosses Seek To Zone (Restrict) Ocean Use. "Alaska's economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil, and if Alaska is going to maintain a healthy economy years into the future it needs more oil and it also needs a gas line," said Federal Coordinator Larry Persily (NGP Photo-l). "Without billions of dollars in new investment, the longevity of the oil [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:03:44-09:00April 27th, 2011|Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, NEB|0 Comments
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We Say “Strip EPA’s OCS Oversight” and Congress Is Listening – Calgary Debates Replacement for Jim Prentice

  Fox News via Alaska Standard, By Dan Springer.  Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.  Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 26th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Happy Earth Day; and, Don’t Forget Energy Day 2011! – Feds Waste Money on Environmental Propaganda Program Kicking Off Today

From: fws-news-bounces@lists.fws.gov [mailto:fws-news-bounces@lists.fws.gov] On Behalf Of FWS News and Information Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 2:03 PM To: fws-news@lists.fws.gov Subject: [fws-news] The Climate of Conservation in America: 50 Stories in 50States **************************************************************  Contact: David Eisenhauer 703-358-2284 David_Eisenhauer@fws.gov The Climate of Conservation in America: 50 Stories in 50 States Starting this Earth Day, April 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will launch a series of 50 stories for 50 consecutive weekdays that will explore the many ways accelerating climate change is impacting or may impact fish and wildlife across America. No geographic region [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 22nd, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming|0 Comments
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Senator Mark Begich Has The Right Idea But Beware the Potholes!

Commentary.  As reported in the The Alaska Dispatch today by Patti Epler, Senator Mark Begich is proposing legislation creating a Federal Coordinator to expedite Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) exploration and development in federal waters (S.843).  The model for this is not new, first designed as a "Federal Inspector" position with passage of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976, then recreated as a "Federal Coordinator" position in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004.   -dh  When the concept first appeared we commented and, while we credit Senator Begich for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:56-09:00April 19th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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TransCanada and Legislature Define AGIA Differences – Is Obama Attacking Gulf Jobs While Energy Secretary Works for European Gas Prices?

Washington Post by Randy Stilley.  Is Obama undoing the Gulf of Mexico oil industry jobs infrastructure? National Review by Victor Davis Hanson.  Has Obama's Energy Secretary Engineered Higher Gas Prices? ADN by Sean Cockerham.  TransCanada Corp. on Monday disputed the legality of a bill that's a first step toward dumping the state-subsidized natural gas pipeline project.  TransCanada Vice President Tony Palmer (NGP Photo-R) said it appears to violate the license the state gave his firm under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act.   ...   Don Bullock, an attorney for the Legislature, told [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:58-09:00April 5th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Alaskans are Facing the Perfect Storm (Economic)

The Federal government is choking Alaska's economy by blocking access to what should be multiple-use as well as petroleum-designated lands.  The State government is strangling Alaska's investment climate with an illogical, suicidal tax regime.  It is the perfect, economic storm.  In recent weeks, we've urged readers to participate in federal hearings.  The Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) and dozens of other Alaska organizations and companies are urging Alaskans to visit their local Legislative Information Offices at 5 pm this afternoon and speak in support of HB110.  This bill will work to [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:25-09:00March 24th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Can Senator Mark Begich Turn The Tide of Federal Hostility?

Much more information and many photos from Monday's House Finance Hearing will be posted as soon as possible! Comment.  In this ADN story by Becky Bohrer, Senator Mark Begich (NGP Photo) seems convinced that constituent pressures arising from high gasoline prices will spur federal policies in Alaska's favor.  Since every single federal action involving Alaska natural resources in the last two years has been hostile and in some cases irreversibly debilitating, we hope current circumstances help Senator Begich turn these terrible policies on their ear!   *   Now headed for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:59-09:00March 23rd, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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