In spite of the all-out assault on traditional energy and fossil fuels from the Biden administration, which has crippled and shuttered many of Alaska’s prospects and projects, we have a number of things to be thankful for as we celebrate Thanksgiving, 2022. First, we live in God’s playground; the most beautiful place in America, if not the world.  Let’s not take that for granted, because our opponents believe the only way to protect its grandeur is to kill jobs and turn Alaska into one giant park.  We know better, and practice the most stringent balance between stewardship and responsible development,…

Running for public office – at whatever level – requires time, talent and treasure.  No candidate can win a race without investing significant time into the campaign, trading personal and family time for door knocking, meeting with community groups and others.  Likewise, a candidate needs to have a passion for service, along with an understanding of issues important to their constituencies, and a vision for bettering the world around them.  Campaigns take money, and unless the person running is independently wealthy, fundraising is more than a ‘necessary evil’; it is the lifeblood of the campaign, and often separates legitimate candidates…

This afternoon, the Alaska Division of Elections certified the final vote totals for the race to replace Congressman Don Young until January, 2023. The announcement that Mary Peltola will fill the seat gives Alaska representation in Congress for the first time since Congressman Young passed this past March 18th after serving our state for nearly five decades in Washington, D.C. “Congratulations to Congresswoman-elect Peltola. It is our sincere hope she will put Alaska ahead of party as she heads to Washington,” noted Rick Whitbeck, Power The Future’s Alaska State Director. “Our new Congresswoman only has a few short months before…

If you support a transition to ‘green energy’, or if you are a fan of responsible mining, you should be aware of a public comment period that ends on September 6th. The EPA – in all of its eco-extremist glory – is attempting to pre-emptively veto the Pebble Project in Southwest Alaska, the largest copper prospect in the northern hemisphere, with an estimated 55 billion pounds (read that again!) of copper available to be mined, then used for technology, military and energy manufacturing. 55 billion pounds, with an existing worldwide shortage of copper already holding up ‘green energy’ development today,…

It has been over a week since President Biden signed the Green New Tax plan, also known as the Inflation Reduction Act.  While the initial hype was around the ways the Act would help middle-class Americans, the Left wasn’t able to sustain those lies.  As more details emerged about armed IRS agents, the size and scope of increased government interference in day-to-day life and the sheer size of the unfunded liability for current and future generations, they had to change their spin. Enter the $396 billion to save the world from the ‘existential threat’ of climate change.  That had to…

The headline reads “As Congress prepares to pass climate bill, Alaska environmentalists see more harm than good”. We are glad the anti-jobs, anti-economy, extremist organizations in Alaska are finally coming around to our way of thinking. Unfortunately, we know that isn’t the case.  Rational Alaskans know that the “Inflation Reduction Act” is anything but, and will lead to massive new debt and may actually drive us further into a recession.  They know the incredible amounts being spent (and money created for) the climate-related provisions are nothing more than the Green New Deal, repackaged and repurposed under the IRA. While the…

No matter what the mainstream media might say about the “Inflation Reduction Act” that passed the U.S. Senate last weekend, when it comes to Alaska, we’re losing. The winners?  For starters, the radical environmentalists who prefer that Alaska’s oil and gas remain in the ground.  While the Act directs the federal government to hold lease sales that the Biden Administration had avoided so far in his Presidency, there’s no reason for the eco-zealots to move the permitting process along after the lease sales.  That means continued, long-term delays in bringing our oil and gas to market. Another winner?  Big government. …

Late last week, the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) announced an unnamed investor had committed $60 million to the project, in exchange for a life-of-the-mine royalty on produced silver and gold. The first $12 million has been received and will be used for ongoing operations, as well as fighting against the proposed EPA’s 404(c) preemptive veto actions and misguided Congressional activities designed to doom the copper, gold, molybdenum, rhenium and silver prospect in Southwest Alaska from being built. For Pebble, which has a projected value of more than $1 trillion in mineral opportunity, the investor shores up its balance sheet, as…

As Alaska enters the final stretch of the race for a four-month seat in Congress, the final three candidates are busy crisscrossing the state.  Their campaigns are meeting with Alaskans from all regions, jockeying for votes that not only will send them to Washington, D.C. for the fall, but could position them as the frontrunner for the November election of a full-term Congressional responsibility. Every campaign will tell you that the fundraising portion of their day-to-day activities is the worst.  Asking regular-Joe Alaskans for money is tough; especially so under record inflation, an unstable economy and when most Alaskans are…

Speaking for nearly 90 unscripted, no-teleprompter-needed minutes in front of 6,000 red, white and blue-clad supporters in the Alaska Airlines Center on the University of Alaska, Anchorage campus, former President Trump didn’t hold back. Two years ago, President Donald J. Trump made a pledge.  Find someone to run against incumbent U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, and he’d support them with a campaign event in Alaska. Saturday, he fulfilled that promise. Aside from his full-throated support for Alaska Governor Michael Dunleavy, Murkowski challenger Kelly Tshibaka and U.S. Congressional candidate (and 2016 Trump-endorser) Sarah Palin, he spent much of his speech trashing the…