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 [...]

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 [...]

See Our Original Moratoria Story With Many National Media Links Here is audio of the Alaska Legislators' report on the Energy Council Meeting Washington, D.C., by NGP Staff.  On Saturday, March 6, public officials from throughout the U.S. heard a report from the NARUC-administered Study Group on findings of its almost 2-year-long, $300 thousand study to determine the social, economic and environmental costs of continuing a national policy that restricts access to energy resources on Federal lands. The Energy Council was convened at its 2010 Federal Energy & Environmental Matters Conference [...]