1-24-16 Pacific Legal Foundation Update

Pacific Legal Foundation Communication, Current Cases: Thanks Dave. I enjoy reading your NGP alerts and all of us here think about the major issues there.  Thanks for providing a great service! You may have seen that we have two cases accepted at the Supreme Court, including a Clean Water Act challenge.  I know several years ago we had a case in Fairbanks (permafrost = wetlands) against the Corps of Engineers.  In Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes, we represent a Minnesota peat mining business that has been raked over the coals [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 24th, 2016|Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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1-23-16 Lisa Murkowski On Energy Policy – Sarah Palin On The Donald – DiCaprio And Trudeau

Yesterday was Robert Dillon's (NGP Photo) last day of service to Senator Lisa Murkowski's Senate Energy Committee.  He was thoughtful enough to share his news with regular correspondents and we pass it on, here, for some of you who know Robert well and wish to remain in touch with him.  (Other Murkowski staff changes noted here at APM.)  -dh WASHINGTON, D.C.–In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, discusses the Energy Policy Modernization Act, the first broad bipartisan energy legislation to be [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 23rd, 2016|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-20-16 Supreme Court Hears John Sturgeon’s Case Today

Supreme Court Hears John Sturgeon's Case Today We just learned today of the passing of our longtime friend: Arlon Tussing (NGP Photo).  We thank Dermot Cole for his thoughtful biography and offer a few comments of our own, here.  -dh Juneau Empire by James Brooks.  The state’s budget crisis​... Here is our position on what adults owe the coming generations.   We mention it here, because all policies of oil producing U.S. States and Canadian Provinces revolve around energy production and consumption. ...and, because we detest intergenerational enequity!     [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 20th, 2016|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-19-16 Alaska Legislative Session Begins Today Amid Financial Crisis

John Sturgeon (NGP Photo), Alaska patriot, seeks justice from the Supreme Court of the United States. CANADA! See Additional Alaska Headlamp Coverage Of Some Items Below Of course, the price of oil and gas directly affects our energy constituencies in Alaska and Western Canada.  Here, our anonymous mid Atlantic energy consultant comments on yesterday's WSJ story  Anchorage Daily Planet/News Miner, by Max Buxton.   Misc. Comment: A friend of the Legislature tells us this morning that, "We think the governor has released his oil tax credit cut plan quietly and privately...but, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 19th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-15-16 Canada and Alaska Struggle With Conflicting Forces: Prosperity and Jobs vs. Nothing

Commentary by Dave Harbour on the eternal struggle between wealth producers and wealth takers. Canada struggles with the need for oil revenue countered by the political pressure to subjugate everything, and everyone, to the concept of global warming (excuse us....  "climate change").  See the articles below. Alaska struggles are also between those supporting jobs, good faith and fair dealing with antagonists like a state senator who believes that in a low crude oil price environment gasoline prices should be lower in Alaska than they are.   (See today's robust, Alaska Headlamp [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 15th, 2016|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming|0 Comments
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1-12-16 Weak Energy, Etc. Policies = Lackluster Last State Of The Union Speech

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  ... Seven Generations Energy Ltd., considered one of the bright lights of the Calgary oilpatch, announced it would postpone about $200 million of planned capital investment in 2016.... David Holt Commentary, FuelFix.  ...a second major oil company was forced to abandon plans to drill in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Alaska...for those who live close by..., the news is devastating. ON EVE OF AMERICA'S "STATE OF THE UNION" SPEECH, WE SEE A WEAKER NATION BECAUSE OF WHITE HOUSE ENERGY POLICIES After rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 12th, 2016|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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12-9-15 The Whole Kit and Caboodle

From Alaska Headlamp: "Patience Is A Virtue" Husky to sell Canadian assets.  Calgary Herald by Dan Healing. EPA and Enviros begin Ak-LNG attack.  Expect more.  -dh Alaska buys equity in risky 2025 project. “Understanding ... links between terrorism and the sale of oil into the world market ... we seek to ensure that America and our allies have access to secure and abundant supplies of energy,” said Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo).  The Whole Kit and Caboodle Our Commentary.  Thanks to Dan Henninger, Wall Street Journal, for this brilliant opinion piece.    (i.e. Left [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:46-09:00December 9th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, LNG|0 Comments
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12-2-15

As we travel from Ecuador to Anchorage (Our FB Report), we provide readers with the following Alaska Headlamp report.  -dh More Oil Tax Changes? Alaska Public Radio News, Fairbanks Daily Miner, and Alaska Dispatch News covered a report released by the Senate Oil and Gas Tax Credit Working Group lead by Anchorage Republican Sen. Cathy Giessel. Senator Giessel had a key conclusion: "Without the tax credits…I'm concerned that these smaller companies will pull back." The report recommends that the state develop a "stronger path to repayment" for Alaskan contractors and vendors if a company receiving tax credits goes [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:46-09:00December 2nd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction, LNG|0 Comments
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11-19-15 He who owns the gold makes the rules!

As we warned, Government ownership is a liability for Ak-LNG; "Gas line team reshuffle puts scrutiny on high salaries", APM, by Rachel Waldholz; Also see KTOO ​He who owns the gold makes the rules: see how the Feds can now make "all" the rules! The Morning Headlamp: 60 days until Regular Session begins; Schedule issues slow AKLNG progress; more urgency for Walker's fiscal plan; $1 billion for Arctic investment (A Bright Spot for Alaska!) EPA Chief: It’s Not ‘Extreme’ To Ban Coal, Oil, Gas Production On Federal Lands OTHER Today's Oil and Gas News Briefs, Courtesy: [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:47-09:00November 19th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming|0 Comments
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11-5-15

Juneau Empire by James Brooks.  Alaska’s natural gas megaproject is moving forward. With a 39-0 vote, the Alaska House approved spending $161.25 million to advance the AKLNG project, which promises to bring natural gas from the North Slope to an export terminal at Cook Inlet.  (Governor Walker's LNG Project press releases are here.) TODAY, November 5, 2015 at 10:30AM EST, Chairman Rob Bishop will hold a press conference call to discuss legislative reforms to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). WHAT: Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop outlines [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:48-09:00November 5th, 2015|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-31-15 Murkowski sharply criticizes the Obama administration’s actions to block energy

More Critical Alaska LNG hearings today.  Tune in live, here! Sen. Murkowski Draws National Attention to Alaska’s Energy Priorities Energy Committee Chairman Delivers Weekly Republican Address Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted Alaska’s energy priorities as she delivered the weekly Republican address to the nation. In her remarks, Murkowski sharply criticized the Obama administration’s actions to block energy production in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), the non-wilderness portion of ANWR, and offshore, while bringing attention to the barrage of destructive regulations coming from the EPA. “Since taking [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:49-09:00October 31st, 2015|Arctic Policy, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-20-15 Senator Murkowski Rightly Hits Interior Department’s Alaska Policies

THIS MORNING: Senator Murkowski Hit Interior Hard For Opposing Alaska's Survival As An Independent State... (...and we agree with her entire statement!) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, today convened an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider six nominees for the Department of Energy and Department of the Interior. Murkowski used her opening statement to lay out a litany of anti-Alaska actions by Interior, expressing frustration with those decisions and observing that the department is “destroying the hopes” of countless Alaskans.    Click photo for video “The Interior Department’s record has been [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:58-09:00October 20th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-16-15 ENERGY DAY TOMORROW IN HOUSTON!

  To our Houston readers  AND those with families and friends in Houston: Mobilize the family and go downtown to ENERGY DAY, TOMORROW! Friday Afternoon Breaking News Bishop: Interior Arctic Lease Cancellation Plays into Russia’s Hands   WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the announcement made today by the U.S. Department of the Interior that it will cancel the two potential Arctic offshore lease sales scheduled under the current five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017: “I am disappointed [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 16th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-8-15 Native Corporation Aggressively Explores Interior Alaska

Quote of the day from our Aussie O&G analyst friend: ...from an anonymous letter circulating in Saudi Arabia, said to be written by an unhappy faction of princes: “We will not be able to stop the draining of money, the political adolescence, and the military risks unless we change the methods of decision making, even if that implied changing the king himself.”  (Our Note: between this, Amerca's poor leadership and Russia's Mid-East adventure, oil and gas prices may not be in a week what we believe they will be today.  -dh) Today: [...]

By |2017-07-30T06:24:07-09:00October 8th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-7-15 Natural Gas Prices Likely To Remain Depressed Through Q2, 2016

Juneau Empire by Elwood Brehmer.  Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to increase the state’s share in the Alaska LNG Project could put Alaska on the hook for more than $14 billion....   Alaska Natural Resources Department Reserves Stream Water For Environmental Activists -- For The First Time!     Is EPA A Lawless Agency? We are sorry to hear today that our friend and former Alaskan, FERC Commissioner Phil Moeller, will be leaving the agency at the end of this month.  However, FERC's loss, in our opinion, will be another organization's gain. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:00-09:00October 7th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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