Please take a moment to comment on Obama's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Effects of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic Ocean: Deadline TODAY. A "Fair Share" vs. a "Fair Shake" by Dave Harbour Senate Resources Committee members [...]
Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Open House, Presentation and Public Hearing TONIGHT in Anchorage. Please take a moment to comment on the Obama-Enviro effort to zone and restrict use of oceans and waterways: Deadline TODAY. Please take a moment to comment on Obama's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Effects of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic Ocean: Deadline TOMORROW. Calgary Herald — Enbridge Inc, Canada’s No. 2 pipeline company, said on Monday that Chief Executive Pat Daniel will retire later [...]
Anchorage Daily Planet by Tom Brennan (NGP Photo). President Barack Obama is pushing for serious damage to the world environment — and the greenies are cheering. When Obama moved to block the Keystone XL Pipeline project he was virtually assuring that oil from the Athabasca tar sands will be consumed in China under Chinese standards, with a devastating net impact on the atmosphere. The alternative would have been to process in Texas the heavy oil from the tar sands, distributing much of it to American markets, all done under American [...]
Feds must act on pipeline: Prentice - Vancouver Sun - ... pipeline is to go ahead as planned, former cabinet minister Jim Prentice ... Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline and other oil and gas corridors to the ... Comment: Yesterday Commonwealth North (CWN) released its newest report, "Energy for a Sustainable Alaska: The Rural Conundrum." The study was chaired by Meera Kohler and Ethan Schutt (NGP Photo. Other event photos below.) and describes a number of energy production, distribution, fuel transportation, and consumption challenges facing rural Alaska. Kohler noted that rural residential power generation is currently subsidized via a 'power cost equalization' program designed to [...]
Another Critical Deadline for Comment; Please Do. Here's Why: Dear Readers: The Obama administration threatens to approve and implement a "Zoning of The Oceans" -- by this Spring, well before the presidential election -- and further hinder our freedom and ability to create jobs and achieve energy independence by developing our own fossil and renewable energy, commercial fishing, recreational and other resources and activities (i.e. like ocean transportation). See our earlier comments on this Obama initiative taken by Executive Order without Congressional authorization and which places an additional regulatory [...]
Alaska State Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) says to the US House of Representatives Rules Committee, "STOP! Please do not strip the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) provision from HR 7. We must open a small portion of the ANWR to responsible oil and gas development." See video of Washington DC visit of House Speaker Mike Chenault, below. Vancouver Sun by Dina O'Meara. TransCanada Corp. has set back the launch of the Keystone XL bitumen pipeline until early 2015, saying it expects to receive approval for the controversial line by early 2013. [...]
CBC News: Most Albertans rate the oil and gas industry — and the provincial government — highly when it comes to creating jobs, according to a poll done for CBC News. But almost a third of Albertans think both government and the oil and gas industry could do a better job communicating with the public. Commentary by Dave Harbour. At noon in Anchorage, yesterday, citizens were asked for testimony regarding a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) published by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). NMFS Chief Michael Payne and DEIS [...]
ADN by Becky Bohrer, AP. A state House resolution calls on the federal government to properly plug and reclaim the sites of so-called legacy wells within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The government drilled nearly 140 drilled nearly 140 wells in the reserve as part of an exploratory oil and gas program between 1944 and 1981.... The U.S. Bureau of Land Management oversees the abandoned wells. The resolution says just seven wells have been properly plugged and reclaimed. ... Rep. Charisse Millett (NGP Photo), R-Anchorage, the resolution's primary sponsor, said [...]
NARUC, Washington, D.C. (Report and comment by Dave Harbour). Yesterday, NARUC president David Wright (NGP Photo) introduced Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) to about 1400 attending the winter meeting at the Renaissance Hotel here of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. “Your association has now been a major contributor to the development of energy policy for almost 125 years", Murkowski said. "We count on you to present your views in the federal arena, as you have always done, with vigor and precision. Regulatory Commissioners have a solemn duty to [...]
Personal Commentary: This morning Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo, 2-6-12) is scheduled to address the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on energy issues at Washington D.C.'s Renaissance Hotel. The program begins this morning with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin, providing, 'an overview of the ongoing quest for energy resources in an increasingly competitive world,' according to the NARUC program. Yergin's presentation will be followed by Murkowski's panel, also including Oregon's Senator Ron Wyden, West Virginia's Senator Joe Manchin and Congressman James Clyburn, also father of FCC Commissioner [...]
Comment: Today Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) documents the Obama Administration's action to close down oil shale development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. We have come to expect anti fossil fuel, anti economy, anti job initiatives from the Obama Administration. But today we hear Aubrey McClendon (NGP Photo) of Chesapeake Energy Corp and Michael Brune of the Sierra Club joined forces to -- in effect -- fight the coal industry's huge contribution to the low cost of electrical power production throughout the U.S. After accepting McClendon's $26 million to oppose the coal industry, [...]
Yesterday the EPA announced it is seeking public input on two draft waste water discharge permits for oil and gas exploration activities in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The comment period closes March 30, 2012. Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole: The Army Corps of Engineers has submitted a draft Environmental Impact Statement to the federal Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed 737-mile gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Cook Inlet. On Wednesday, February 1st the Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee markup on the energy portion of the American Energy Infrastructure [...]
See How Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Supports Greater Investment See Senator Cathy Giessel's Investment Climate Commentary See Steve Forbes' Alaska Investment Climate Commentary See CEA Energy News Links - Congressman Doc Hastings Says Obama Rhetoric Wrong Alaska Airlines Is Ejecting Passenger Prayer Cards! Alaska Dispatch Commentary Invest in Alaska? Commentary by Alex Gimarc Some Alaska Legislators are working furiously to counterbalance Governor Sean Parnell’s call for a cut in taxes on oil production from the North Slope. Earlier this week, Senator Hollis French (NGP Photo) gave a floor speech expressing [...]
Politico. North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark (NGP Photo-r) is being nominated for an opening on FERC. Sen. John Hoeven tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will nominate Clark later Monday. Clark would have to be confirmed by the Senate to take the job. FERC has five members; the commission now has one opening that's reserved for a Republican. The agency regulates interstate oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and sales of natural gas and wholesale electric power. Clark's term on the North Dakota commission ends [...]
Point of Personal Privilege. We mourn the loss and celebrate the life of our friend, mentor and sometimes protégé Frank Reed (NGP Photo). More coming later today.... -dh ADN by Flip Todd. Frank Metcalf Reed, 99, who arrived as a babe-in-arms on the banks of Ship Creek in 1915, died Sunday, Jan. 22, at Providence Hospital after a sudden bout of pneumonia. He had probably lived in Anchorage longer than anyone, even serving his World War II enlistment as a naval liaison officer helping young seamen transiting the town on what is [...]
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