9-16-16 – “Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”

When Trust Is Trussed In Webs of Abuse (Forbes: Hope For Massive Alaska Energy Project Crashes and Burns ***** Clarion: Hope springs eternal - but the money won't) Sir Walter Scott's, "Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive", contains a principle of trust essential to the survival of a free state. We have seen what a tangled web the U.S. federal administration has spun by its pattern of lawlessness and overreaching jurisdiction justified by complex alibis (i.e. IRS, Keystone, Pebble, Dakota Access, Alaska, etc.)  We have also seen a new [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:54-09:00September 16th, 2016|Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Competition, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Keystone XL, LNG, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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9-15-16 Kish Returns To Capitol Hill

We are delighted to note that one of Washington's most knowledgeable energy analysts is joining the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan.  We think our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers will be grateful that such an advisor will be in such a position to improve energy decision and policy making in Washington.  -dh GOP Energy Veteran Kish To Ryan's Office: As Playbook readers found out this morning, Institute for Energy Research Senior Vice President Dan Kish is headed to Speaker Paul Ryan 's office as a new policy adviser for energy, environment, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:54-09:00September 15th, 2016|ANWR, Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Foreign/Domestic Enviro Conspiracy, Fracking, Global Warming, Government Waste, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Mackenzie Valley Oil & Gas Pipelines, NPR-A, Ocean Policy, OCS, Personal, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-5-16 Feds Attack On Alaska Is Unrelenting

Murkowski: FWS Rule Is Unwarranted Takeover of State’s Rights Agency Uses Regulatory Process to Seize Control of Wildlife Management in Alaska Refuges U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. NGP stock photo by Dave Harbour. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today slammed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for finalizing a new rule that preempts the State of Alaska’s jurisdiction over wildlife management in national refuges within Alaska. The rule grants the FWS broad authority over predator control, bans science-based practices developed by the State of Alaska in consultation with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:59-09:00August 5th, 2016|Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, NPR-A, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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6-24-16 According to EPA: Plowing A Farm Is Polluting

Yesterday we focused on Federal overreach.  Last night former RDC Executive Director Paula Easley sent us this fresh example wherein a farmer is denied the right to plow his field because it is a 'polluting activity'.  Read more below. Plowing is polluting? Wheat farmer loses clean water case Defending Agriculture Judge finds attempt to grow wheat is violation of Clean Water Act Published on: June 23, 2016 Judge Kimberly Mueller on June 10, 2016 in the U.S. Eastern District Court of California found that John Duarte, a nursery [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 24th, 2016|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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5-31-16 Another SCOTUS Win: Private Property Rights Over Corps of Engineers Overreach

Today we are pleased to celebrate the latest Supreme Court victory by one of our public service sponsors over the federal government's overreaching authority under the Clean Water Act.   Please review the details below.     -dh Statement on PLF’s Supreme Court victory in Hawkes Washington, D.C.; May 31, 2016: Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) won a precedent-setting victory for property owners’ rights today when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in our favor in the PLF case of United States Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes. The groundbreaking decision accepted PLF’s arguments that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:14-09:00May 31st, 2016|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-16-16 When Will Oil Prices Recover Enough To Re-establish Alaska & Alberta Prosperity?

"It's Tough To Make Predictions, Especially About The Future"  -  Yogi Berra Commentary By Dave Harbour Dan Yergin, NGP file photo. (See Yergin's WSJ comments below) By mid-year, 1967, Atlantic Richfield Company's (ARCO) Susie rig had completed its Alaska North Slope oil exploration mission, unsuccessfully.  Then, an old friend and colleague, Harry Jamison, ARCO's Alaska Manager, prevailed upon company Chairman, Robert O. Anderson, for one last well attempt.  "Robert O" as we called him, supported the recommendation to the Board, which approved that one more try.   Just after [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:16-09:00May 16th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Keystone XL, LNG, OCS, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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5-12-16 How The Federal Government Stole Alaska’s Statehood Birthright

Even if the federal government were to restore the natural resource birthright it has stolen from the 49th State, Alaskans would STILL remain challenged.  For when its citizens enjoyed what seemed to be unlimited oil wealth 3-4 decades ago, it taxed more and spent more and more -- until it had developed an unsustainable lifestyle.  So, we do hope that great leadership can free Alaska of the federal overreaching jurisdiction and violations of due process described below.  But then, equally great leadership -- with disciplined citizen support -- must establish sustainable government services [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:16-09:00May 12th, 2016|ACES, AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Foreign/Domestic Enviro Conspiracy, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Ocean Policy, OCS, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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Alaska And Alberta Struggle To Save Oil Patch Economies – Scroll Down For Today’s Commentary, “U.S. & Canadian Environmental Laws/Regs Have Moved Beyond ‘Reasonable’ To Becoming Weapons Against Capitalism”

Calgary Herald/CP.  Canada’s environment minister won’t say if the country can meet its climate change commitments and at the same time green-light new pipeline projects.  Catherine McKenna told reporters.... Larry Persily, former Alaska gas pipeline federal coordinator. NGP Photo. See Larry Persily's just released energy links, mostly dealing with Alaska's LNG competitors.  Meanwhile, we urge readers to absorb the wisdom in the AK-HEADLAMP report below: Increasing oil & gas taxes in a low price or any environment is not a strategy that will attract investment [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:29-09:00April 7th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, Keystone XL, LNG, NEB, Rule Of Law, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-29-15 More Fallout Follows Shell’s Withdrawal From Alaska’s OCS Potential

See more of yesterday's reports and reactions from U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), various news sources yesterday, more sources today, and our commentary. Here is Tuesday's Early Report... ...in wake of Shell's announcement yesterday that after $7 billion invested and over a half decade of delay and disruption mostly caused by America's government, it is withdrawing from Arctic OCS exploration.  See statements (below) by Governor Walker, Alaska Oil and Gas Association, Consumer Energy Alliance, Congressman Don Young (NGP Photo) and American Energy Alliance.  (Search our archives for many other Shell Oil [...]

By |2017-10-10T15:20:33-09:00September 29th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, LNG, Notes From the Road, Ocean Policy, OCS, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-6-15 Seattle Mayor Increases Risk For Seattle Investors – New Pipeline Bill Expedites Process

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation today to modernize and improve the timeframe for the approval of new pipelines.  Follow-up commentary.  Yesterday, we posted news and comment regarding the effort by Seattle's Mayor Ed Murray to delay or prohibit Shell Oil and its contractors from using port facilities in preparation for a summer exploration program in Arctic waters. News Links: Seattle's Mayor Murray Seeks to Delay Alaska OCS exploration: 5-5-15 Seattle Times Update 5-5-15 Russia Today (RT) 5-4-15 Fox Business 5-4-15 Seattle Star Tribune 4-18-15 King [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00May 6th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-18-15 Open Letter To Interior Secretary Sally Jewell

Open Letter To Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary Of Interior On Occasion Of Her Visit To Alaska Useful video references: 1) "Broken Promises" by Former Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel (NGP Photo-L) and, 2) "Alaska Under Siege" by Dan Fagan (NGP Photo) by Dave Harbour ​We keep hoping that the current Administration's agency appointees will place loyalty to the one appointing them secondary to the public interest and fidelity to the Constitution. Secretary Jewell:  We especially commend for your reading the wise counsel Alaska North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower has offered to you and the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 18th, 2015|ANWR, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-19-14 Today Alaskan Voters Determine Their Future!

Primary Election Day In Alaska A Historic Day Whereupon Alaskan Voters Will Determine the Future Of Their State and Their Country! by Dave Harbour ​(Responses to commentary) Alaska: Where A Deal Is A Deal? Last Spring we wrote a four part series, here, on Alaska's oil tax history going back to forty years.  We also explored Alaska's current status as a competitive investment climate and coined a phrase: "In Alaska, Is A Deal A Deal?", and variations on that theme. In one column, below, we explored the concept of a competitive investment climate/tax [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:13-09:00August 19th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-15-14 Shame on you for not backing up!!!

Dear NGP Reader: KTUU.  Dillingham is more than 100 miles downstream from where the Pebble Partnership would like to mine copper and gold. It's the biggest city in the Bristol Bay region, a place where many voices can be heard. (See our earlier reports.) We had one of the most important commentaries in our history ready for this morning when the electrical power failed and we lost four hours worth of work.   You are, therefore, entitled and encouraged to give us a stern look accompanied by your gentle but firm [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 15th, 2014|Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-13-14 EPA’s Alaska Hearings Began Yesterday

Alaska Miners Association Summary of Yesterday's Meetingvideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player ADN by Lisa Demer.  The fight over the proposed Pebble mine came to the Egan Center on Tuesday at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing before a crowd of hundreds, some holding salmon cutouts or wearing anti-Pebble stickers and others with red stop signs saying “Hands off Alaska.”     ***     Deantha Crockett, executive director of the Alaska Miners Association (NGP Photo), told EPA that she fields calls regularly from potential financiers wondering whether it’s safe to invest [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 13th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-11-14

Wall Street Journal by Cassandra Sweet and Jim Carlton.  In U.S. Energy Boom, Alaska Is Unlikely Loser.  former Dominant Oil Player Losing Out To Places Like North Dakota. Note: The Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) urges our NGP readers in Anchorage to attend and testify at an EPA Public Hearing TOMORROW.  We and RDC believe that any project in Alaska should be vetted through existing permitting processes, and be properly evaluated through the National Environmental Policy Act.  Public testimony will be limited to two minutes per person, with tribal [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:15-09:00August 11th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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