10-21-13

HOUSTON'S ENERGY DAY IS BIG SUCCESS!  Cities all over North America could emulate this model to interest children in Innovation, Science, Technology, Energy, Engineering and Math! Energy Day Festival Sparks New Interests for Houston Area Students  Mayor Parker and Event Organizers Urge Students to Pursue Careers in Energy  Houston, TX – Twenty thousand people turned out Saturday to applaud more than 85 Houston area teachers and students who were recognized at the third annual Energy Day Festival.  Elementary, middle school and high school age students participated in one of six contests exploring the science and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:57-09:00October 21st, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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10-16-13 “It’s A Wonderful Life!”

Calgary Herald BY LAUREN KRUGEL, CP​.  “I was not a huge supporter of how actively the federal government was a year or two ago in promoting pipeline projects for its interests and taking on some of the opposers,” Ian Anderson told an Calgary business audience on Wednesday. ​Comment: Alaskans can be proud of the leadership role Governor Sean Parnell has assumed as Chairman of the OCS Governors Coalition--in support of responsible domestic energy exploration and production.  Here are photos of yesterday's meeting in Mississippi.  -dh     It's A Wonderful [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 16th, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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10-3-13

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said claimants should not be paid for fictitious or wholly non-existent losses. ​ As part of today's decision, the Fifth Circuit also reversed the District Court's denial of BP's motion for a preliminary injunction staying the payment of business economic loss claims under the agreement. The Fifth Circuit has ordered the District Court to "expeditiously craft" an injunction that stays payments to people who did not suffer "actual injury traceable to loss from the Deepwater Horizon accident" until the matter is "fully [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:13-09:00October 3rd, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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9-19-13 BERINGIA!

Beringia! For years the Federal government has been coordinating with Russia to create an International protected area (IPA) called “Beringia” (Beh-rin-gee-a) that could include millions of acres within Alaska and the Russian Far East.  (Short version) (Senator Begich will look into the matter) By Dave Harbour The Presidents of the United States and Russia in 1990 found they had something in common.  Their common interest evolved from the United States purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.  Because of Alaska, both countries now share an interest in the Arctic.  The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:16-09:00September 19th, 2013|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-17-13 The Weakening Rule of Law is “Made in America”

Today We Begin the First Full Day of the Alaska Oil and Gas Congress--with American and Canadian content.  Readers will find the two day agenda here, along with yesterday's important Alaska in-state energy seminar pre-conference agenda. Here is another current case involving EPA overreach, as reported by KTUU.com.   Gov. Sean Parnell is repeating his contention that federal officials were heavy handed in investigating placer mines in the Fortymile River area last month.   The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Parnell on Saturday traveled to Chicken to meet with miners. ...  Parnell says four to seven [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 17th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-11-13 “Lest We Forget”

Chris Smith Nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy “Many of us recall September 11, 2001,” said Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo). “It’s a day that will live forever in our memories. We observe this day in honor of those who were injured or who died, when our homeland came under attack by terrorists.” CBC.  TransCanada Corp.'s proposed west-east pipeline could create 10,000 jobs and generate $10 billion in additional GDP during the development and construction phase... Today, we provide our energy column, "Decision", sent to tens of thousands [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 11th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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9-10-11 – More On Federal Overreach

EPA's Unreasonable Fuel Standards Tomorrow is 9/11.  Join with good people in Lamar, Colorado and throughout the nation as we strive  to, "never forget". Today, an Alaska World Affairs luncheon presentation by Arctic Ambassador David Balton (NGP Photo) will convene at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel.  Students will receive free lunches courtesy of BP and the University of Alaska will provide hosted lunches for faculty and staff.  (See our earlier report and comment regarding Arctic policy.  This should be an important, educational forum and we hope for a series of penetrating questions dealing with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 10th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-6-13 North Slope Borough Breaks Ground For $90 Million In Utility Improvements At Prudhoe Bay

"US Leadership In An Emerging Arctic" is the lecture topic next Tuesday in Anchorage, when Ambassador David Balton (NGP Photo) and former Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo) will address the World Affairs Council.  Reservations here. Various Arctic energy issues are certain to be addressed, including Arctic shipping, resource development, and sovereignty issues.  -dh   "Alaska's Troubled Romance With LNG", by Dave Harbour.  Here is this week's Xtra column, submitted for distribution to tens of thousands of households.   Note that these columns (see them all, here) are limited to about 1,000 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:18-09:00September 6th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy, Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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9-1-13 EPA Swat Team Raids Innocent Alaska Miners

The Overreaching EPA Also see Freedom Works Blog by Jon Gabriel by Dave Harbour  Our hats are off to this perceptive, Fairbanks News-Miner opinion: An important policy call awaits Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, who just visited Alaska. Will she use a section of the federal Clean Water Act to pre-empt any further consideration of the Pebble mine? Doing so would be an abuse of a questionable authority using incomplete information. Last month and for some time we have lamented erosion of the rule of law in the United States [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:19-09:00September 2nd, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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8-30-13

John Hofmeister Opines Today On Syria Early this morning, one of our favorite CNBC talking heads, John Hofmeister (NGP Photo), said the oil industry in the Middle East is facing, "...death by a thousand duck bites." He said that one of the effects of Obama's impending attack on Syria is uncertainty.  "Companies are not going to let employees and assets be at risk."  He said that as companies face more risk, they will shut down operations. "Egypt's oil industry has a hard time right now getting people to show up [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:23-09:00August 30th, 2013|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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8-28-13

Here is A Link For Readers To Our Latest Column In Xtra, Anchorage's Community Newspaper.  Here Is Our Unedited Submission: "Responsibility" Another Abuse of Endangered Species Act Relevant to our essay, above, on 'Responsibility', Canada's Globe & Mail piece by Jeffrey Jones notes the importance of tax policy to energy project investors.  We believe that all decision makers will want to take heed.  Those who support higher taxes and regulatory barriers, in essence, wish for fewer energy jobs and investment while those who seek moderate taxes and rules will create more attractive [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:19-09:00August 28th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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8-23-13

Drones and Energy: Our Opinion Alaska's Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell (NGP Photo) is Chairman of the Aerospace States Association. Speaking on the subject of the threat to privacy posed by drones, the Daily Caller quoted Treadwell yesterday as saying that, "The paper we are releasing today...strikes a fine balance between protecting individual privacy rights as guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment and exploiting the significant economic and humanitarian benefits of UAS technology.”   We would observe that unrestricted use of drone audio/video could compromise the security of critical infrastructure such as power production, manufacturing, energy refineries, drilling, [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:08-09:00August 23rd, 2013|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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8-23-13

Former Energy Secretary, Spencer Abraham (NGP photo), gives opinion on EPA:  "It remains to be seen how it will handle a number of issues. "It is hard to tell how realistic it will be on issues such as fracking and renewable fuels standards, which are big questions. "The jury is still out on whether the EPA still needs to reform its role in a way that is reasonable and that takes into account all sides of the equation, including economic growth and a strong economy."    -EnergyBiz, by Ken Silverstein This [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:20-09:00August 23rd, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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8-13-13 Federal Overreach Summit: Day I

Steve Pratt (NGP Photo), President of Consumer Energy Alliance, provided this written comment to the members of the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas, in response to their Federal Overreach Summit this week. Yesterday's Federal Overreach Summit 1st Day Summary Today we hear from Alaska's Congressional Delegation: live video streaming here by 8 a.m. Alaska Time by Dave Harbour Yesterday was Day 1 of the Federal Overreach Summit, sponsored by the "Citizens Advisory Commission on Federal Areas."  We follow this matter closely, since over the last five years we have observed and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:22-09:00August 13th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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8-9-13 Monday and Tuesday: Historic Days for Alaska?

ALERT... ...for our Alaska readers and friends of the State Historic Days for Alaska: Next Monday & Tuesday We believe that the event on Monday and Tuesday will foretell the future of Alaska. The Commentary below says why.  We urge all faithful Alaskans to take leave from their jobs and vacations to participate.  The commitment of our NGP readers alone could protect Alaska from the relentless overreach of our federal government and preserve the Statehood compact for future generations. Please reserve your space now!  -dh Representative Charisse Millett (NGP Photo) is one of [...]

By |2017-10-10T08:47:20-09:00August 9th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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