Anchorage Daily Planet Full editorial here....  Posted: 10 Jan 2016 01:27 AM PST By Tom Brennan This will be a year of great testing for Alaska’s political leaders. If this state is going to dig its way out of the financial hole in which it finds itself, some incredibly important legislation must be passed and made law, legislation that will be unpalatable to many voters. And that electoral fete will have to be accomplished in an election year. Did you see our commentary yesterday: Gasline/LNG Project State Ownership Gamble, Greed Not Need? [...]

Chris Nelson, in his CALGARY HERALD, piece explains why the energy industry is so essential to North American prosperity.  We are only amazed that these principles are not taught in the schools of both countries.  -dh ECONOMIC FREEDOM ON THE WANE IN THE LAST FRONTIER? (Alaska Headlamp) Posted on December 31, 2015 We always appreciate Headlamp's take on energy issues and this is another worthy opinion piece.   See our 12-17-15 commentary on the same subject. -dh Headlamp's Alaska Gasline response to Governor Walker's policy: "Walker said that where 2015 was Alaska’s 'year [...]

Tomorrow is the eve of Alaska's great year of budget challenge! by Dave Harbour Our friends in Canada are not immune from fiscal challenges.  After all. spending too much may really boil down to 'human nature' issues that, to understand, require us to 'follow the flows of money and power'.   Canada's leaders and Rebecca Logan and a dedicated Alliance staff add perspective to Alaska's fiscal crisis.         Petroleum News.  No easy answer to Alaska's fiscal crisis. environ- mental consti-tuencies are under-mining   eco-   nomic health   with 'Climate Change' [...]

Northern Gas Pipeline Readers Join Us In Commenting On Current State of Affairs From a liberal friend, and our reply.   Petroleum News.   House Finance Co-Chair Mark Neuman (NGP Photo) says if Gov. Bill Walker wants to generate new revenue, part of that solution needs to be removing regulations that could stifle {More....} From Ak-Headlamp:  The New York Times covered Alaska’s ongoing fiscal woes as oil prices continue to fall. ... although other resource-based economies are also seeing the long-term impact of declining oil prices, Alaska’s situation is unique as Governor Bill Walker (NGP [...]

Fiscal crises affect national and local governments -- and the oil patch!  -dh Last week in Anchorage, Caelus Energy Alaska's Executive Vice President, Alaska Operations, Pat Foley (NGP Photo), told members of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance that a stable investment climate had helped encourage his company to make big investments in the state's future.  He then added that because of increased talk about oil taxes and the instability of the state's economy, the company's investment decisions are slowing.  "As we look around today," Foley said, "we are starting to become a little [...]