Lawmakers weigh Alaska gov’s gas pipeline plan
June 3, 2008
CNNMoney: Alaska Legislature to begin special legislative session on governor’s gas pipeline proposal
The clock starts ticking for Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday. She’ll have 60 days to convince the Legislature that TransCanada Corp. deserves a license to build a pipeline that would ship North Slope natural gas to power homes and businesses in U.S. markets. Read more
Sarah on Glenn Beck
June 2, 2008
Big kudos to Glenn Beck for his segment on energy, fuel costs and how Alaska can help with our national security. Sarah was a guest and did a great job explaining how we can help and how ridiculous it is to allow the entire nation to be held hostage by extreme environmentalists when we have so much to offer with our rich resources.
I don’t believe there is any quick fix that is going to give any long term relief for our current energy and fuel problems. I do believe Americans need to change their habits and government needs to allow for options and give incentives to alternative fuel sources. But we can’t be expected to all stop driving and eating because ice caps are melting and polar bears are (very arguably) endangered. We can’t ask our country’s young people to continue to risk and sacrifice their lives to secure foreign energy reserves when we have our own right here at home.
You can watch the segment over to the right in the Featured Video section.
Pipe Dreams
June 2, 2008
Newsweek:
by Tony Hopfinger - Alaska is home to gigantic untapped natural-gas fields. But can the state and energy industry finally agree to build a pipeline to transport the fuel?
As Americans feel the pinch at the gas pump amid $128 a barrel oil, there’s at least one place in the United States where high energy prices aren’t all bad news. Alaska, home to America’s prolific oil fields, is reaping billions of dollars in record oil-tax revenue. That, along with a populist governor determined to deliver a megapipeline project to the state, is fueling optimism among Alaskans that an energy boom may be just around the corner.
The next boom might not come from oil, however. In fact, residents aren’t putting much stock in the renewed effort under way to allow oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeast Alaska, often cited as America’s best chance for a major onshore oil discovery but deemed sacred ground by environmentalists.
State will sue over polar bear listing
May 22, 2008
Newsminer:
The state of Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polar bears as a threatened species, Gov. Sarah Palin announced Wednesday. She and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off the state’s northern and northwestern coasts. Palin argued that there is not enough evidence to support a listing. Polar bears are well-managed and their population has dramatically increased over 30 years as a result of conservation, she said.
State Agencies Addressing Juneau Power
April 22, 2008
Assess Damage & Plan to Recover Hydro
Governor Sarah Palin today announced multiple state agencies are working closely with Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) to assess the damage and develop a plan to recover hydropower in Juneau. Read more
