The Mason Conservative (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Gentlewomen from Minnesota is doing something interesting for a politicians. Instead of just talking about issues, she's actually work. Imagine that. In this case, Rep. Bachmann has gone to ANWR to see for herself just what its like up...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Last night, on Glenn Beck’s CNN Headline News program, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) falsely claimed that wildlife in Alaska are not affected by oil operations in Alaska. Animals “couldn’t care less whether…the pipeline was there, or the oil company was there,” he said. Glenn Beck similarly argued that wildlife can’t tell if the Trans-Alaska oil [...]
adn.com: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
I am not sure which property in Anchorage's history ranks as the most successful commercial real estate development, but the Calais Office Center in Midtown has to be near the top of the list, if not at the very top.
The Motorcycle Blog Aggregator (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
From Motorcycle Misadventures - Scott Schilder is thinking of taking a used 2004 Ural Patrol from Prudhoe Bay to Tierra del Fuego, but first he'll ride it from Dallas to Belize by way of Cancun, then through Guatemala and up the west coast of Mexico to Nogales, to Phoenix, Tuscon, Tombstone, then back to...
Buckeye State Blog - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
10 years? We open what we have and we can have another million to two million barrels per day in two years - more in five - one only need look at history - Prudhoe for example - construction began in November 1973 - by June 1977 oil was flowing - and that was a much greater project and more difficult with 40 year old tech -
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
On Sunday, my colleagues and I got to see firsthand the remote North Slope of Alaska where America needs to be increasing our production of oil to help bring gas costs down. It was quite an educational experience for...
CALIFORNIA YANKEE (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Jay Leno takes the Democrats to task for blocking oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Can someone please explain any rational basis for the Democrats' continued obstruction of drilling in ANWR? There are an estimated 10 billion barrels of domestic oil waiting to be harvested in ANWR. ANWR comprises 19 million acres in Northeast Alaska, 17.5 million of which are totally off-limits...
adn.com: Business (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Along with a surging interest in fuel-efficient automobiles and biking to work, the legend of Alaska's Gull Island, a speck of land four miles or so offshore the North Slope in the middle of Prudhoe Bay, seems to have an uncanny ability to appear when the United States is facing soaring oil and gasoline prices.
USA Partisan (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Contrary to the popular fiction, ANWR.org tells us that the caribou population ...in the Prudhoe Bay oil field has increased by over 900% and yet caribou in ANWR with no human contact other than Gwich'in Indian hunting have plummeted by over a third. read more | digg story
adn.com: Business (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
FAIRBANKS -- Oil industry officials in Alaska said they need to fill hundreds of jobs in preparation for more development on the North Slope and the Arctic Ocean and because of the aging work force.
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Source: [b]CNN[/b] (CNN) As congressional Republicans step up criticism of Democrats for not allowing votes on legislation that would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration, House GOP Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is expected to announce Thursday that he's leading a group ...
SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
For the fifth time in a decade, the federal government will allow oil companies to bid for oil and gas leases in the sprawling National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, officials announced Wednesday. No oil or gas production has resulted from previous lease sales. However, officials with the Bureau of Land Management touted the upcoming sale, the fifth since [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
DESTINATION ANYWHERE - The Way Back Home (after New Zealand)
adn.com: Business (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
JUNEAU -- Exxon Mobil Corp. has hired contractors with plans to begin work on an oil and gas field the state wants to take back.
adn.com: Business (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
FAIRBANKS -- Oil industry officials in Alaska said they need to fill hundreds of jobs in preparation for more development on the North Slope and the Arctic Ocean and because of the aging of the current workforce.
