Headlamp – Don’t add bad policy to Alaska’s recession

Don’t add bad policy. While the American oil and gas sector was in the midst of its renaissance over the last decade, it was difficult to imagine a situation in which profits, jobs, and domestic energy production would slow down in any significant way. The energy industry, like any commodity producer, is accustomed to coping with business […]

Congressional Western Caucus in Alaska. Rep. Don Young has spent the week guiding some of his fellow Republican members of Congress around some of Alaska’s natural resources, and the group said they’re ready to act to make drilling and mining more accessible in Alaska. Young and four other members of the congressional Western Caucus joined […]

“Demonstrated interest in leasing and developing.” More than 100 lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to consider allowing oil and natural gas drilling in more areas off the coast of the United States. In a Wednesday letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the members said officials should consider a more expansive drilling program when it rewrites […]