7-9-12 Oppose Ballot Measure #2 at Noon Today and At Tonight’s Hearing!

The Washington Post: Keystone oil pipeline finds champions in Montana Democrats eyeing local benefits Comment:  The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and other responsible organizations throughout Alaska oppose the new Ballot Measure #2 which they say could cripple economic development and the future economic security of Alaska.  We agree (See our earlier editorial on related issues), and encourage responsible Alaskans to become involved in the following ways: 1.  Attend today's Anchorage Chamber of Commerce debate on Ballot measure #2 today, if you are in the Anchorage area.  Here's the information. 2. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:52-09:00July 9th, 2012|Commentary|0 Comments
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6-29-12 OCS: A Difference of Opinion

OCS Maps  OCS: A Difference of Opinion (Commentary).  Yesterday, the Department of Interior boasted of its "...Plan to Make All Highest-Resource Areas in the US Offshore Available for Oil and Gas Leasing."  However, in the Obama Administration's unique, passive-aggressive way, it smiles and offers development while withdrawing many of the best areas for development.  Is this another sleight of hand designed to "fool most of the people all the time", or "all of the people some of the time?"  After reading the side-by-side notes below, our readers can draw their [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00June 29th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-28-12

Globe and Mail by Josh Wingrove.  With high energy royalties and soaring land lease sales, Alberta inched closer to a balanced budget last year.The province’s fourth-quarter report for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, released Thursday, shows a total deficit of just $23-million on its $39-billion budget. It had been forecasting a $3.4-billion deficit.  The changes come as welcome news to Alison Redford’s government, which has been under fire from the official opposition Wildrose Party for not managing to balance the books even as the province is awash in energy wealth.  “We [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:16-09:00June 28th, 2012|Federal Coordinator, LNG|0 Comments
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6-27-12 – Arctic Drilling Ships Depart Seattle for Alaska

Calgary Herald by Steve Ewart.  David Collyer, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, met the Herald's editorial board Monday and was called upon to defend "the industry" after three oil leaks in a month in Alberta raised public concern over the safety of aging pipeline infrastructure. ADN by Lisa Demer.  With little drama, the Kulluk -- a 29-year-old conical Arctic drilling rig that spent a dozen years mothballed in Canada -- launched for Dutch Harbor, a supply stop on the way to the far north, just before 8 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00June 27th, 2012|OCS|0 Comments
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6-25-12 – Does this B.C. gas discovery drive another nail into the coffin of Alaska – Lower 48 gas delivery?

    PNA by Shane Lasley.  When Steve Borell (NGP Photo-R) announced that he was retiring as the executive director of the Alaska Miners Association — a post he held for 22 years — the group’s board of directors was charged with the daunting task of filling the void left by the association’s highly regarded and beloved leader. Unbeknownst to the board members, or Borell himself, the outgoing executive director had been grooming his replacement, Deantha Crockett (NGP Photo), for nearly a decade.  ...  the board found Crockett, a lifelong Alaskan with a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:07-09:00June 25th, 2012|Commentary|0 Comments
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6-21-12 “Welcome to Alaska, John Hofmeister!”

Calgary Herald/CP.  Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) will invest an additional $600 million this year to significantly increase production of valuable liquids-rich natural gas amid a prolonged downturn in the price of so-called dry gas. Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) delivered the following statement on the House floor, in support of H.R. 2578, The Conservation and Economic Growth Act – a package of 14 public lands bills that will cut federal red tape, boost economic development, protect the environment, and create American jobs.   Commentary: Yesterday at [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:07-09:00June 21st, 2012|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Propane|0 Comments
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6-19-12

Comment:  We are pleased to note that our friend, Tony Clark (NGP Photo-R), an eminently fair and balanced regulator from North Dakota, was sworn in Friday to his new seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).   Another friend, his fellow commissioner, Phil Moeller (NGP Photo), obtained much of his regulatory background in Washington State and worked in Alaska during his earlier days.  -dh  

By |2016-03-13T03:54:15-09:00June 19th, 2012|Personal|0 Comments
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6-18-12 Will Growth of Alaska’s Corpulent State Government Outstrip Available Resources?

Before reviewing the excellent, Brad Keithley analysis below, please look at our earlier comment on 'Intergenerational Inequity" and the link to our Alaska Business Monthly Op-Ed on the same subject.  -dh "Alaska faces a comparable and equally dire fiscal crisis to that which has developed at the federal level. Due to current excessive state government spending, future Alaskans – which will include many of the current generation as they enter retirement – are facing a lower standard of living than present day Alaskans. As a consequence, Alaska needs its own [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:08-09:00June 18th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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6-13-12 REGULATION KILLING GOLDEN GOOSE OF CONSUMER UTILITY RATES?

On Killing Golden Egg Laying Geese Published: June 13, 2012: ALASKA BUSINESS MONTHLY   Can Well Intended Regulation and Lawmaking Kill Golden Egg Laying Geese?   Meeting Report and Commentary by Dave Harbour   Report: Oregon Congressman Greg Walden(NGP Photo) told members of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners(WCPSC), meeting yesterday at Sunriver Resort, that the House is, "...committed to not having everything pile up like a train wreck at the end of the year."   Walden is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.  His committee's Senior [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 13th, 2012|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|0 Comments
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6-9-12

Toronto Star: Keystone XL pipeline: How Canada's pipeline splits the US.  The Toronto Star's Mitch Potter and Lucas Oleniuk drove 4,000 kilometres through Keystone country, from Montana to Texas, finding that the Canadian project has morphed into an oil-fired political drama - one so powerful it might take down President Obama. See the full story Saturday.

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 9th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-7-12

Note to Readers:  We left the wonderful town of Vancouver, B.C. early yesterday after an IOGCC meeting and are this morning preparing for meetings in Charlotte, N.C.  Meanwhile, Carl Portman (NGP Photo) of the Resource Development Council for Alaska summarized how Alaskans once again came together to testify in support of sustaining the 49th State Economy last Monday night.  Readers may wish to review our last federal government hearing summary (Alaskans Rocked at Last Night's Hearing).  Americans everywhere are aware of EPA efforts to expand jurisdiction.  Here is a link to our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:10-09:00June 7th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-1-12 – North America Faces An International Environmental-Progressive Siege

Calgary Herald Opinion, by Deborah Yedlin.  It's nothing short of mind-boggling.  NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair briefly toured the oilsands Thursday. But his visit didn't appear to change his negative stance on the industry whose financial benefits outside this province top $100 billion on an annual basis, with the lion's share going to Ontario. Yesterday, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) sent a series of letters to the Obama Administration requesting further information on how much the federal government spends on Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related litigation and settlement costs.  “The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00June 1st, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-29-12

Last week, CEA issued a Call To Action urging energy consumers across the country who are concerned about energy access to urge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to move forward with a proposed Integrated Activity Plan that allows for expanded oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska as well as infrastructure development necessary to support oil and gas development offshore in the Chukchi Sea.  Other organizations within Alaska also announced 'Calls to Action'.  Today we will be finishing our hearing report ("Alaskans Rocked Last Night") complete with photos and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00May 29th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-25-12 – Alaskans ‘Rocked’ At Last Night’s BLM Hearing!

Alaskans Rocked At Last Night's BLM Hearing! Commentary by Dave Harbour Last night, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a hearing in Anchorage to gather comment on its Draft Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).  The Interior Department agency proposed four alternative approaches to managing NPR-A.  As many as a hundred had gathered in the Science Center of the BLM's Campbell Creek facility to listen or testify.  Twenty-one Alaskans enthusiastically supported oil and gas leasing of the nation's oil and gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:12-09:00May 25th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-24-12 Tonight’s The (NPR-A) Night!

The Straight Good News, by Gillian Steward.  NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair might as well have declared war on the West. Gov. Parnell says energy relief on its way to Fairbanks, but not right away, The Republic Tonight, BLM Officials Will Be Taking Testimony On A Ridiculous Question: "Shall bureaucrats diminish or stop resource development In America's National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska at a time when gas prices are high, employment is low, TAPS is 2/3 empty, the national and state treasuries need more revenue, and when America has already designated NPR-A to be a National Petroleum [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:12-09:00May 24th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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