National Energy Policy Commentary.  See the full, correct copy below, of today's Barack Obama - Ken Salazar Op-Ed we provided the Washington Times late last week.  Or, see the edited, online Washington Times version.  (Other reactions: 1)   State Policy Commentary.  (Note: As we discuss sensitive state policy issues, we do not challenge that state officials are pledged to act with the best of intent, in the public interest.  In these notes, we do our best, however, to follow strings of logic based on history and verifiable facts.  At the end of the process, we hope [...]

"After the Oil and Gas Moratoria Report...." Notes From: Dave Harbour, NARUC commissioner Emeritus, reporting from Washington D.C.  (See Related Stories Over the Next Week, latest) Monday, a Study Group composed of regulatory commissioners, consultants, government and university economists and non-profit association sponsors met to deliver their energy research report, responding to a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) resolution issued in July 2007 (our earlier story), entitled, "Developing Reliable Research Regarding the Social, Economic and Environmental Effects of Maintaining Domestic Energy Exploration and Production Moratoria On and Beneath Federal Lands."  The forum [...]

  Regulatory Delay And The One Project-One Assessment Proposal By Marie H. Buchinski, Kelsey J. Drozdowski, and Celeste M. Hutchinson In Canada, the federal, provincial and territorial governments have assumed a role in the development and operation of various energy projects, particularly those that have the potential to impact the environment. This separation of jurisdiction between the levels of government, arising in part from the division of powers under the Constitution Act, 1867, has demonstrably contributed to regulatory delays regarding project approvals because of the sometimes difficult task of coordinating the [...]

Updates to "cumulative effects": 03-15-10.  Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) Battles with the Federal Government 12-23-09.  Sullivan and Young Fight Beluga Designation 12-08-09.  Alaskan and American Consumers are Endangered Species 12-16-09.  Council on Environmental Quality Interim Framework for Marine Spatial Planning (Ocean Policy). EDITORIAL AND CALL TO ACTION: DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS Dateline, Biloxi, by Dave Harbour.   Last week I editorialized about how current  Washington attacks on domestic energy are cumulative, and threaten the economies of Alaska and the country.  This week, I appeared before the IOGCC (Scroll down to see [...]