Canadian economist, Avery Shenfeld, has a plan to boost Canada’s economy…and it involves the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (Montreal Gazette Story by Jay Bryan).  *  Calgary Herald by Amy Chung: Ottawa can create millions of jobs and build its way out of a difficult economy by backing energy megaprojects such as the Keystone XL pipeline, former environment minister Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) said Wednesday.

This Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) September 22 Board packet, released last week, enables readers to review that organization’s Alaska natural gas related activities and observations.  

 KTUU.  U.S. Rep. Don Young (NGP Photo) says he wants to introduce legislation to repeal every federal regulation put into effect since 1991.  The Alaska Republican says his bill is simple. He would "just null and void" any regulations passed in the past two decades.

ADN/AP.  Gov. Sean Parnell says oil exploration and environmental responsibility are compatible. He made the comments Saturday on the Fox News program "Huckabee."

ADN, by Sean Cockerham.  report by UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (download PDF here) says the dollars coming to the state treasury as a result of high oil prices have masked the long decline in Alaska oil production and given the state a reprieve to find a solution. The report found reason for optimism: Alaska still has great potential in petroleum resources and, if high oil prices hold, the state could collect many billions more in oil revenues "before the conventional reserves on state lands are used up."  "But any number of roadblocks could derail a smooth transition. We all have a natural tendency to avoid decisions that require sacrifice in the near term to achieve a longer term goal," concluded ISER economist Scott Goldsmith, who wrote the report. "Obvious challenges to planning for the future include not focusing on the problem, not believing it’s urgent, not understanding the issues, and not trusting government to act in the interests of the average Alaskan."

Winnipeg Free Press/AP.  – State regulators in North Dakota say they support a controversial pipeline that would carry oilsands crude from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, though they want it built in a responsible manner.  TransCanada Corp.’s proposed 2,700-kilometre Keystone XL pipeline could carry Canadian crude as well as oil from the Williston Basin in western North Dakota and eastern Montana to downstream markets, the Industrial Commission said in endorsing the project Tuesday.  "It is important that this pipeline be constructed and operated in a manner that will protect the citizens of the United States," the governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner said in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  The proposed pipeline has drawn opposition from people who fear it will harm the environment. Calgary-based TransCanada (TSX:TRP) says the $7 billion project would meet strict environmental standards.  The U.S. State Department is  considering whether to approve the project. Hearings are being held this week in the six states the pipeline route would cross. A meeting was planned Thursday in Pierre, S.D. North Dakota, which is now the fourth-largest U.S. oil producer, is not one of the states the pipeline would cross. The pipeline will pass through neighbouring Montana.  "As North Dakota continues to expand its oil production, we must also expand the distribution system," Gov. Jack Dalrymple (NGP Photo) said. "It’s important that we have a system that can handle our growing Williston Basin production, and the Keystone pipeline can help do just that."