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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8-7-13

Is Canada Resolute While Obama 'Dithers'? Connect the dots.... Calgary Herald by Barry Cooper.  Columnist Claudia Cattaneo (NGP Photo) provided readers of the National Post with a commonsensical explanation: “As Obama dithers, Canada moves on.” Ever since 2005, when The Economist called Paul Martin “Mr. Dithers” for his indecisiveness, no one has confused dithering with prudence. Cattaneo was referring to the refusal by Obama to approve another TransCanada project, the Keystone XL pipeline, which would deliver 830,000 barrels of oil (more than four per cent of American daily consumption) to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:22-09:00August 7th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-31-13

Calgary Herald by Graham Thomson.  ...a new pipeline to pump Alberta bitumen to the West Coast for shipment to Asia is just a matter of time. At least that’s the impression you get reading between the lines in comments made by Alberta Premier Alison Redford and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark Friday afternoon. Alaska and Saudi Arabia Face Similar Challenges Under Vastly Different Conditions by Dave Harbour Our readers know that 90% of Alaska's operating budget flows from the Alaska North Slope (ANS) through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:23-09:00July 31st, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-26-13

Witnesses Highlight States’ Successes in Regulating Fracking  Tell Federal Government to Stay Out of the Process. Alaska Officials, Giessel and Foerster Play Lead Roles Meanwhile, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee spokesman, Robert Dillon, responds that, "Sen. Lisa Murkowski believes that regulation of hydraulic fracturing should be done at the state level. There is no need for a federal backstop on this issue."  -dh  Fracking in Canada (We'll have more to say about LNG exports on Monday) Yesterday, Legislators representing the Energy Producing States Coalition -- including Alaska Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) -- sent [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:24-09:00July 26th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-23-13

Mackenzie Valley shale leases sure to pique interest: NWT industry ... iPolitics.ca - The Northwest Territories has had stranded natural gas in the Mackenzie Delta for 40 years, with a proposal to build a pipeline south long dormant.... What Does Colorado Agriculture Have To Do With American Energy Policies? Commentary by Dave Harbour Last Sunday an audience of regulators learned that Agriculture is the second largest contributor to Colorado's economy, that each US farmer feeds 155 people worldwide and that 97% of US farms are family owned.  And, they heard that America's family farms are under siege. TODAY, we hear from [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:24-09:00July 23rd, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-18-13 Prentice Pitches For Prosperity

  BP's Worldwide Statistical Review of Energy We archived BP's 2012 statistical review here. Today, we have the 2013 review and without further editorial comment (i.e. except to note how important domestic energy production is to a country's, state's or province's prosperity), we introduce the review with an email announcement from the company's chief economist, Christof Ruhl, kindly provided by Dawn Patience: July 16, 2013   It’s been a while since my last post – because my team and I have been on the road since the launch of the Statistical [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:25-09:00July 18th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-15-13 Defending the Rule of Law and Constitution

Defending the Rule of Law and Constitution Against Federal Overreach Confidence in American authority is based on a fair, responsible, predictable and not arbitrary exercise of power by three independent branches of government created and defined by the Constitution.  The proper exercise of power may be summarized as 'The Rule of Law' as opposed to a less reliable "Rule of Man".  Maintaining The Rule of Law depends on the integrity of its defenders.  When a governmental branch overreaches its Constitutional authority in its exercise of power it debases the Rule of Law, endangering the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:25-09:00July 15th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-13-13 National Ocean Policy Council Update

Here is your important National Ocean Policy Council Monthly Report: I. Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Announces Public Webinar, Membership Roster II. U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Two Bills With National Ocean Policy Provisions III. Great Lakes Boating Magazine Addresses NOP, Calls NOPC “The Voice of Boaters” IV. Petition Cites NOP As Justification For Protection Of 81 Species Under ESA V. NRC Report Calls For National Sustainability Policy, Cites NOP As Model I. Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Announces Public Webinar, Membership Roster   In an email announcement, the federal, state, and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 13th, 2013|Coastal Management, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-5-13 The White House Fatāwā On Energy Consumers and Taxpayers

President Obama's Climate Action Plan by Dave Harbour There is nothing significantly "good" about Obama's simultaneous attack on American taxpayers, energy consumers and the free market.     His "Climate Action Plan" will lead America away from energy Report and Commentary: CANADA.  (Draft, subject to edits) In Canada, the environmental community continues a more than 40 year strategy for opposing development.  It flowered in the 1970s as various environmental activists, church activists and other liberal allies created a 'moratorium' strategy for blocking construction of the original Alaska/Canada natural gas pipeline.  [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 4th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, Global Warming|0 Comments
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7-1-13 More On The Coal War

 More today on Obama's coal war from Money Morning, Consumer Energy Alliance and American Energy Alliance Strangling the US Economy by Executive Order Money Morning by Martin Hutchison.  Last Tuesday, President Obama announced his "Action Plan on Climate Change." One of main "actions" is to kill a core piece of the US energy sector.   Among other things, he promised to use the Environmental Protection Agency regulation of carbon emissions to phase the U.S. out of coal fired power, even for existing stations.   ...environmentalists praised this move as a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00July 1st, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-29-13 Tomorrow (6-30-13) Is An Important Day For Alaska!

COMMENTARY: We have never sent an email alert out over the weekend.  We did so today because we fear that -- no matter how one feels about a certain project -- the federal government is very close to setting a precedent that will forever compromise the "Rule of Law" in the United States of America.     Americans for Tax Reform have pointed out that the EPA killing an Alaska mine project before a permit for review is submitted is like  a judge issuing a verdict before hearing the case.   [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00June 29th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-28-13 Do frivolous claims take advantage of BP’s good faith Gulf efforts and increase consumer costs?

TODAY, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, with a bipartisan vote of 235-186.  This legislation, sponsored by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, would expand OCS energy production in order to create new American jobs, lower energy prices, grow our economy, and strengthen America’s national security.   LAST NIGHT: US House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings joined Fox Business to discuss expanding energy development in HR 2231 and President Obama's war on coal.     (Watch Here) Remember the Calgary floods: sing along [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00June 28th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-27-13 – Pay Attention to RDC

  Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban. Unemployment in Anchorage has dropped to one of the lowest levels in years, thanks in large part to a "mini-boom" in Cook Inlet and steady growth in other key areas, according to an official with the Anchorage Economic Development Corp (AEDC).   Unemployment in Anchorage fell in May to the "crazy low" figure of 4.7 percent -- the lowest in five years, according to Bill Popp (NGP Photo), the group's president.   ...   "We are the envy of much of the nation," Popp [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:41-09:00June 27th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-26-13 Time To Unlock OCS Resources

CBC News: Joe Oliver says Keystone is in 'national interest of both our countries' The Hill, OpEd by Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo).  It’s time to take action to create more than 1 million new American jobs and generate $1.5 billion in new revenue. This would significantly boost our economy and help to further remove us from the grip of foreign oil.  The president wants to continue to keep our offshore energy resources locked up, but this week, the House will take significant action to set it free. We owe it [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:41-09:00June 26th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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