Obama's Relentless Attack on Alaska by Dave Harbour The Obama administration continues its relentless attack on Alaska's economy.   Late yesterday, we heard of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's (NGP Photo) not very well disguised effort to close down America's national petroleum reserve to petroleum exploration and his continuous attack on Shell Oil's highly professional, rigorous and patient effort to please regulators after having paid billions in lease payments and other exploration preparations.  We have continually warned fellow citizens to be aware of the steady focus of the Obama - enviro - [...]

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  

Times Record News by Lee Anderson. native Texan Dave Harbour, encouraged members of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers on Wednesday to continue challenging federal mandates imposed on the oil and gas industry and insisted that Texas and Alaska can lead the nation from "the brink of economic crisis back to prosperity."The former chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, said "We can do it by controlling spending and developing domestic natural resources in time to save our children's generation from what could be a time of great adversity," Harbour told the crowd of [...]

Personal Comment: Once again we draw attention of our readers to the Kentucky Derby occurring this year on May 5 at Churchill Downs.  We have covered the Derby in previous years and following this year's event will be releasing thousands of race, fashion and behind the scenes photos (Dave Harbour World Photography Samples) for editorial and art use and for creation of a wonderful, new coffee table book.  Astute readers know that this magnificent event is unrelated to Northern Gas Pipelines--though we value it for being one of the Nation's enduring cultural and iconic celebrations [...]

Personal:  Jack Power's (NGP Photo) family and friends will meet together next week; we encourage his large extended group of family and friends, customers and acquaintances to come: Monday, visitation, Evergreen Memorial, Downtown, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, service and visitation, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Celebration of Jack Powers' life, Tudor Bingo Hall, 4 p.m., POTLUCK, with beverages provided. Anchorage Daily News: Becky Bohrer Senate should make own tax bill, president says - Senate President Gary Stevens said Tuesday that he would like the Senate to come up with [...]

Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  As the final hours of public hearings on one of North America's largest energy projects were set to begin, Russ Girling was taking in a bird's-eye view of his company's planned megapipeline route through a key battleground - Nebraska.  Having ditched his suit and tie for work boots after meetings in Washington over the $7-billion, 2,700-kilometre cross-border Keystone XL, the TransCanada Corp. CEO tracked the pipeline's right-of-way over the state 30 metres up in a helicopter. ADN by Sean Cockerham.  A new report from the University of [...]