Another Critical Deadline for Comment; Please Do.  Here's Why:   Dear Readers:   The Obama administration threatens to approve and implement a "Zoning of The Oceans" -- by this Spring, well before the presidential election -- and further hinder our freedom and ability to create jobs and achieve energy independence by developing our own fossil and renewable energy, commercial fishing, recreational and other resources and activities (i.e. like ocean transportation).  See our earlier comments on this Obama initiative taken by Executive Order without Congressional authorization and which places an additional regulatory [...]

Alaska State Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) says to the US House of Representatives Rules Committee, "STOP! Please do not strip the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) provision from HR 7. We must open a small portion of the ANWR to responsible oil and gas development."  See video of Washington DC visit of House Speaker Mike Chenault, below. Vancouver Sun by Dina O'Meara.  TransCanada Corp. has set back the launch of the Keystone XL bitumen pipeline until early 2015, saying it expects to receive approval for the controversial line by early 2013. [...]

CBC News: Most Albertans rate the oil and gas industry — and the provincial government — highly when it comes to creating jobs, according to a poll done for CBC News.  But almost a third of Albertans think both government and the oil and gas industry could do a better job communicating with the public. Commentary by Dave Harbour.  At noon in Anchorage, yesterday, citizens were asked for testimony regarding a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) published by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).   NMFS Chief Michael Payne and DEIS [...]

Yesterday the EPA announced it is seeking public input on two draft waste water discharge permits for oil and gas exploration activities in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.  The comment period closes March 30, 2012. Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole: The Army Corps of Engineers has submitted a draft Environmental Impact Statement to the federal Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed 737-mile gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Cook Inlet. On Wednesday, February 1st the Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee markup on the energy portion of the American Energy Infrastructure [...]

Virtually the entire economy of Alaska, as we know it, depends on 'throughput' of a strong, dependable stream of crude oil traversing Alaska via the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).  As State government spending expands at unsustainable double digit rates, pipeline throughput declines at a 5-6% rate.  ANWR, adjacent to Prudhoe Bay, has the potential to increase and sustain pipeline throughput for many years to come.  A part of ANWR, the 1002 area, was designated by Congress for 'future' oil and gas development.  The Obama administration via the US Fish [...]