3-15-19 We Vote to Confirm Commissioner Brune
Jason Brune. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour Dear Readers: Today, you'll see my testimony (below) in support of a great, accomplished professional to be confirmed as Alaska's Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. But over half our readers are outside Alaska in the Lower 48 and Canada. Why should they care? Because this [...]
EPA Organizes Barrow-Kaktovik Meetings With Less Than A Week’s Notice!
NGP Readers: If you can attend these EPA meetings in Kaktovik and Barrow, please do! ADN. The federal Environmental Protection Agency is holding two public hearings in Barrow this week over air and water permits the [...]
The Ocean Policy Meeting Exemplified America’s Leadership
Today, we continue to mourn our loss of Bill Noll (Story Below) and take strength from his soldier training to, "Never Give Up". In his case, he applied that credo to mostly energy activity in [...]
Bill Noll Passes
Bill Noll A Great American - A Dedicated Alaskan (Please join us as we celebrate and remember the life of William C. Noll Monday, June 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at the Alyeska Resort, Girdwood, [...]
Doc Hastings Visits Alaska Today & Unveils NPR-A Legislation! – US Red Tape Affects Canadian Producers – White House To Use About 30 Federal Agencies To Zone Oceans Without Congressional Approval
Call to Action. Citizens, let's please prepare to give the White House our Input FRIDAY NIGHT on the combined effort of over two-dozen Federal Agencies to 'Zone' the oceans surrounding America (Alaska has about 3/4 of [...]
Point of Personal Privilege: Larry Crawford
The life of our longtime friend, Larry Crawford (NGP Photo with Susan Lindemuth), will be celebrated at his funeral service on Sunday, 1:30 p.m. at the Anchorage Municipal Cemetery. A Chief of Staff to Governors [...]
Feds Should Stay With API Standards
Comment on the White House's unprecedented and overreaching Ocean Policy initiative and on the Interior Department's open comment period on Chukchi Sea SEIS. Wall Street Journal by Joseph B. White. In a letter Tuesday to [...]
Ever Consider Going To A Federal “Listening Session” On Date Night? – Reuters Says Denali Partner Freedom Is Silver Lining
Reuters. While we dislike seeing the demise of any gas pipeline project before a gas line is under way, the silver lining here is that Denali's announcement frees ConocoPhillips and BP to independently become partners [...]
6-1-11 Bill Walker Wants His Way And Others To Pay – Trans Canada Project Could Use Existing Pipes
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement, and Regulation (BOEMRE) is accepting comments on the development of offshore oil and natural gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. With years of studying the potential impacts of production [...]
House to Hold Alaska Energy Hearing Next Week – Governor Parnell and Rebecca Logan Promote Rare Earth Elements In Alaska – ARNI Thwarts Two Big Alaska Projects
Dan Healing of the Calgary Herald Reports Louisana LNG Project Is A 'Go'! ARNI Dogs Alaska Projects. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich (NGP Photo-l) today named Dr. James Kendall (NGP [...]
BOEMRE Releases Chukchi Draft SEIS For ADDITIONAL Comment – Keystone Nears Approval – No Cap & Trade for Canada
According to Senate Energy & Natural Resources Communication Officer Robert Dillon, Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today said of the BOEMRE announcement (below): “It’s my hope that this additional analysis on the potential impacts on the region [...]