Alaska Democrats Push Federal Bureaucrats to Allow NPR-A Oil Development
JUNEAU – Today, fourteen Democratic members of the Alaska Legislature called on the Obama Administration to resolve permit issues that are delaying ConocoPhillips’ efforts to develop a new oil field in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A). Last year, the Army Corps of Engineers rejected Conoco’s permit application to build a bridge across the Coleville River that the company needs to access the new field just west of its Alpine oil field, the third largest in Alaska.
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House Bill 93 “School Gardens”
House Bill 93 creates a grant program for non-profits who operate school gardens at public schools and have raised operation funding in their communities. It would allow the state to provide an additional ½ of one percent of state aide to a school for the purposes of supporting a non-profit run school garden, farm or greenhouse…
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Rep. Guttenberg’s Legislative Report: Meeting Feedback; Operating Budget; Oil Taxes; School Gardens;
I hear it has been nothing but snow, snow and more snow back home! Students from around the state were here this week to advocate for the University system. I was proud of the students from UAF who I visited with, they were knowledgeable and professional. Go Nanooks!
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Rep. Guttenberg’s Legislative Report: Constituent Meeting Today; School Gardens House Education Hearing Update
It has been a busy week here in the capitol! Budget subcommittees are beginning to give final recommendations to the Finance Committee and bills are making their way to the House Floor. Please take a moment to view an interview with the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer on their new YouTube channel.
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Democrats Introduce Bill to Increase North Slope Competition
JUNEAU – Today, Representative David Guttenberg (D-Fairbanks) introduced legislation to increase oil industry competition on the North Slope by leveling the playing field for new producers looking to access existing oil pipelines and processing facilities that feed the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).
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