State, feds in opposition over ANILCA 12/12/2010
BLM director says NPR-A will be evaluated for wilderness character; Gov. Parnell writes to Salazar defending existing designations
It wasn't a face-to-face standoff, but it might as well have been. Bob Abbey, the national director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, was in Anchorage in early December as BLM's new Alaska state...

Attorney General Sullivan to head DNR 11/21/2010
Gov. Parnell picks Sullivan as commissioner of Natural Resources, replacing Irwin; no new AG named; Hartig stays at DEC
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell announced the first of his cabinet picks Nov. 18 at the Resource Development Council for Alaska's annual conference. Parnell took over in mid-2009 after Gov. Sarah Palin resig...

The Explorers 2010: Welcome to 'The Explorers' 2010 11/14/2010
Welcome to The Explorers, an annual magazine from Petroleum News that is released each November at the Resource Development Council for Alaska's conference in Anchorage. The Explorers was first publi...

The Explorers 2010: The need to drill to pay the bill 11/14/2010
By Alaska has been a great domestic oil source, including 33 years from Prudhoe Bay made possible by the trans-Alaska pipeline system. This production has benefited the State of Alaska by approximat...

RDC, state of Alaska hosting ESA primer 11/14/2010
The Resource Development Council and the State of Alaska will host an Endangered Species Act primer Nov. 16 from 1-5 p.m. at the Dena'ina Center. Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan and former Gov....

RDC told it's time to move on hydro 11/14/2010
More Southcentral hydroelectric power required to meet 50 percent renewable energy standard - and it will take at least a decade
The Alaska Legislature has set a goal of producing 50 percent of the state's power from renewable energy by 2025. To meet that goal in Southcentral Alaska will require at least one large hydroelectric...

'Energy reality tour' hits Anchorage 08/01/2010
US Chamber executive urges RDC audience to get involved to ward off unfriendly federal laws brewing in the wake of Gulf oil spill
Karen Harbert, the featured speaker at a recent Resource Development Council for Alaska luncheon, apologized to her audience in advance for causing indigestion with her speech. Business and industry p...

Mining News: Superior court weighs in on Pebble case 07/25/2010
Decision on constitutionality of Alaska's regulations as applied to the huge mining project could affect entire resource industry
On July 9 Alaska's Superior Court entered an order in a case now pending against the state's Department of Natural Resources concerning the propriety of a series of multiple land use permits and tempo...

ANWR wilderness expansion sparks debate 06/20/2010
Despite notice from Fish and Wildlife Service that commentary on oil and gas development will be ignored, viewpoints flow in anyway
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in announcing plans to revise its "comprehensive conservation plan" for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, plainly told the public it wouldn't consider comments f...

Mining News: Pebble foes pay US$100K to end dispute 03/28/2010
A recent settlement between the Alaska Public Offices Commission and anti-Pebble campaigners has incited passionate responses from groups on both sides of the issue. The Renewable Resources Coalition,...

Greening of Oil - Latest from Mac Ackers 03/28/2010
ALASKANS, GOO WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ... Greening of Oil recently posted an article, Hydrokinetic proposition for Alaska at http://bit.ly/9KurPW about a Floridian who won an award for a device he wants...