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    Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
    Walker touts tax to push AK LNG
    Walker touts tax to push AK LNG
    By James Brooks • September 30, 2015 12:29 pm

    “I’m not trying to buy love. I’m trying to sell gas.” So declared Gov. Bill Walker in a press conference…

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    High-level talks on Air Force One will continue
    High-level talks on Air Force One will continue
    By Gov. Bill Walker • September 10, 2015 9:36 am

    I  was not quite a teenager when I had my first interaction with the federal government. In 1963, I was…

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    Steve Jones, dressed as “Frost Paw” the polar bear, waves to President Barack Obama’s motorcade as it heads toward Exit Glacier on Tuesday in Seward. Jones, a representative from the Center for Biological Diversity, gathered with a crowd of activists along the Seward Highway waving signs to encourage the President to take action on climate change. While environmentalists praise the president for curbing greenhouse gases, they pillory him for granting Shell permission to drill in the Chukchi Sea for the first time in 24 years. On Tuesday, the president of Shell Oil Co. said he expects more protests.-Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska
    Shell president optimistic about drilling in Arctic
    By Dan Joling • September 3, 2015 10:52 am

    ANCHORAGE — The president of Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday that exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is going well…

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    BP, ExxonMobil seek  more Prudhoe gas
    BP, ExxonMobil seek more Prudhoe gas
    By Tim Bradner • August 6, 2015 10:22 am

    BP and ExxonMobil, two of the three major Prudhoe Bay field owners, have applied to the Alaska Oil and Gas…

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    Consultants: State-led gasline project could undermine industry-led plan
    Consultants: State-led gasline project could undermine industry-led plan
    By Tim Bradner • April 29, 2015 12:11 pm

    Two consultants to the state Legislature have warned that Gov. Bill Walker’s quest for an expanded state-led natural gas pipeline…

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    Rodger McCampbell
    Ranger Roger retires
    By Michael Armstrong • April 22, 2015 5:21 pm

    The history of Alaska State Parks Chief Ranger Roger MacCampbell’s career mirrors that of lower Kenai Peninsula state parks. Among…

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    Legislators push back on Walker gas plan; industry takes wait-and-see approach
    Legislators push back on Walker gas plan; industry...
    By Tim Bradner • March 11, 2015 11:51 am

    Just as things seemed to be going reasonably well for the large Alaska LNG Project, the $45 billion to $65…

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    Alaska’s congressional delegation vows fight after federal moves on ANWR, OCS
    Alaska’s congressional delegation vows fight after federal moves...
    By Tim Bradner • February 4, 2015 12:10 pm

    If tickets could be sold to Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hearings in March on the Interior Department’s annual appropriation, it would…

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    State expert: Peninsula older than rest of state
    State expert: Peninsula older than rest of state
    By Michael Armstrong • October 15, 2014 4:41 pm

    Go to a play, shopping, an art opening or any public gathering, and you might notice something about south Kenai…

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    State expert: Peninsula older than rest of state
    State expert: Peninsula older than rest of state
    By Michael Armstrong • October 15, 2014 4:41 pm

    Go to a play, shopping, an art opening or any public gathering, and you might notice something about south Kenai…

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    SB 21 is flawed: Alaska can do better
    SB 21 is flawed: Alaska can do better
    August 13, 2014 5:08 pm

    The referendum to repeal Alaska’s new oil tax legislation gives citizens the power to decide what is good for Alaska….

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    Vote Yes: Some answers on Ballot Measure 1
    Vote Yes: Some answers on Ballot Measure 1
    July 30, 2014 5:22 pm

    The governor has the ability to veto any bill he does not think is in the best interest of the…

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    Kudos to Conoco; let trickle begin
    Kudos to Conoco; let trickle begin
    By Gordy vernon • July 24, 2014 11:06 am

      In a day and age of corporate men, I am Conocoman. I confess, even with leftist leanings and environmental…

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