Governor Palin reverses Governor Murkowski on Habitat Division
Tue, February 5, 2008
Governor Palin today overturned the first controversial decision made by her predecessor in office, Frank Murkowski. She moved management of the Habitat Division from the Department of Natural Resources and returned it to the Department of Fish and Game. Murkowski made the move in January of 2003, just a few weeks after the beginning of his term.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Fairbanks Jury mulls charges against former mayor Jim Hayes
Tue, February 5, 2008
A jury is deliberating the case of former Fairbanks mayor Jim Hayes. Hayes is on trial in federal court in Fairbanks on 28 counts, including theft, money laundering and fraud. He’s accused of stealing from federal grants for personal gain and to help build a new church.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Sinopec pitches legislature on gasline
Tue, February 5, 2008
The legislature yesterday heard the Chinese interest in a gas pipeline to Valdez. Sinopec was rejected by the governor’s gas team after submitting an application through the Little Susitna Construction Company. Sinopec would provide the financing and construction expertise for a gasline, liquefaction plant and marine terminal.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Alaska delegation expresses doubt on stimulus package
Tue, February 5, 2008
Tomorrow, the U-S Senate is expected to take a key procedural vote on an economic stimulus package. But for different reasons, Alaska’s senators have their doubts about it.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Earmarks becoming harder to finagle
Tue, February 5, 2008
A gloomy federal budget with a ballooning deficit will focus even more attention on earmarks as Congress starts work on 2009 spending plans. Over his years in the Senate, Ted Stevens has effectively used earmarks to steer hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars to Alaska. But he acknowledges the process is about to become more difficult.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
The public weighs in on hoverbarge issue
Tue, February 5, 2008
More than 200 people filled Centennial Hall’s Sheffield #3 ballroom last night for a public meeting on the possibility of hover-barges carrying minerals from the Tulsequah Chief Mine down the Taku River. Centennial Hall’s other rooms were booked by the Canadian owners of the mine. But the main action was in the standing-room-only information session hosted by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Alaskans take sides over presidential candidates
Tue, February 5, 2008
Members of Alaska’s Republican and Democratic Parties can vote for their presidential candidates in today’s Super Tuesday events. Republicans will go to the polls, while Democrats will gather to caucus. The Republican Party is having a preference vote at the polls this evening.
Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Court takes Anchorage assembly to task over Walmart rezoning
Tue, February 5, 2008
A superior court judge ruled yesterday the Anchorage Assembly ignored municipal requirements when it rezoned some 20 acres in the Wal-Mart Supercenter and Sam’s Club project in Muldoon.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Alaska News Nightly: February 5, 2008
Tue, February 5, 2008
Governor Palin turns back the clock, putting the Habitat Division back into the Department of Fish and Game. Plus, a jury in Fairbanks deliberates the case against former Fairbanks mayor Jim Hayes, and Alaskans participate in Super Tuesday. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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Talk of Alaska: The LNG Option
Tue, February 5, 2008
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority’s bid to build a pipeline between the North Slope and Valdez was recently thrown out by the state on a technicality in the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) process. It’s not the first time the project has been called dead — that’s been happening ever since former governors Bill Egan and Wally Hickel put the idea forward. Two weeks ago, we heard from producer ConocoPhillips about why they are the best ones to build a pipeline. This week it’s the Port Authority’s turn.
Was the Governor wrong to reject the plan for a gas pipeline to Valdez? Would the producers be willing to let their gas go to Valdez to be liquefied and sent out on tankers? The LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) option is our subject on this week’s Talk of Alaska, with guest Bill Walker, Project Manager and General Counsel for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority.
RELATED ARTICLES:
- Palin publishes natural gas pipeline project invitation (3 Jul 2007)
- AGIA draws proposals from five companies, oil giants not among them (3 Dec 2007)
- TransCanada the only company to meet AGIA requirements (4 Jan 2008)
- Alaska Gasline Port Authority asks for reconsideration (11 Jan 2008)
- Gasline Port Authority appeals AGIA decision; denied (30 Jan 2008)
- Backbone II weighs in with legislators on gasline (1 Feb 2008)
- Web Extra: David Gottstein on AGIA (1 Feb 2008)
UPDATE (2/7): You can read more about the changing LNG market with this post from an Alaskan-focused journalist working in D.C., covering Alaska politics as well as the petroleum industry.
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