'Oil and Energy'
Congress Drops Low-Income Energy Assistance
In a move certain to have a disastrous effect on many Alaskan families, Senate leaders deleted from the bill a provision adding $2 billion in badly needed energy assistance funding this winter for low-income households. The full text of a December 22 press release from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities follows…
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Do Your Homework
On October 27, 2005, after the termination of employment of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Tom Irwin, Governor Murkowski’s office was flooded with resignation letters from Deputy Commissioners and DNR Division Directors.
Both DNR Deputy Commissioners, three Directors, and one Project Assistant submitted letters of resignation to the Governor. Each indicated that [...]
There’s Enough Traffic on the Haul Road
Thanks to Senator Kim Elton for the following commentary and quoted testimony…
The Senate Resources Committee spent a week in October soliciting testimony on SB 85, sponsored by Fairbanks Senator Ralph Seekins. The bill repeals the ban on off-road vehicles in the haul road corridor–the Dalton Highway. Hearings were held in Nome, Fairbanks, Coldfoot/Wiseman (on the [...]
A Stunning Memo…
The following is reprinted by permission from the most recent copy of Senator Kim Elton’s newsletter, Off the Record. You can review past issues of Senator Elton’s excellent newsletter on his webpage, and sign up to recieve future issues on the same page. The public policy issues raised here in his most [...]
Policy Implications of Renewable Energy?
Alaska Renewable Energy Fair
Saturday August 13th, Noon to 10 PM
Anchorage Park Strip
Alaska possesses vast wind, geothermal, biomass, hydro, tidal
and solar energy resources. Despite looming natural gas shortages
and rising energy prices virtually none of these resources have
yet been tapped. Come learn about the numerous opportunities
that Alaska has to utilize its clean, affordable, and inexhaustible
energy resources.
The Fair [...]
Profit: $10,000 Per Minute
The oil industry is making more than $10,000.00 per minute after taxes from Alaska North Slope and associated pipeline operations, according to a report by Richard Feinberg, released June 2 by the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council. Three major oil companies - BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil - control approximately 95 percent of North [...]
The Peak Oil Problem
The other day I received an invitation to attend a presentation at the Alaska Housing finance Corporation office on the peak oil dilemma. I was only vaguely aware of the issue, or perhaps theory, that the easily (i.e. cheaply) available world oil supply had peaked, or was about to peak in perhaps [...]
Good News: Richard A. Fineberg Has A Website!
Don’t know who Richard A. Fineberg is? Here is how he describes himself on the home page of his site:
The material presented here was researched and compiled by Richard A. Fineberg, founder and principal investigator of Research Associates of Ester, Alaska. Fineberg has observed Alaska petroleum development for three decades as a prize-winning reporter, [...]