In spite of the Biden Administration’s attempts to stifle it, Alaska’s resource development future is exceptionally bright.  From oil and gas projects including Willow, Pikka and the Alaska LNG pipeline to mining opportunities including Ambler, Pebble, Palmer and Bokan Mountain, the radical environmental army – in partnership with career eco-driven bureaucrats in the Swamp – is doing everything they can to thwart progress on job creation and domestic supply-chain sourcing. In the northwest portion of Interior Alaska, the Ambler Mining District awaits, with hundreds of millions of tons of copper, cobalt and strategic and critical minerals under the surface of…

Congresswoman Mary Peltola (D-AK) hasn’t always made votes that Power The Future would say are pro-energy and pro-Alaska in nature since arriving in Congress last September, following her election victory to replace the late (great!) Don Young.  In fact, we’ve disagreed with more votes than we’ve thought were positive for her state. So, when Peltola shrugged off Democrat-led efforts to fight legislation aimed at curbing the ongoing attack against gas stoves and voted “yes” to support the bill, it got our attention.  Not only for the vote itself, but because, with that vote, Peltola shows she understands the role natural…

It’s almost become comical. A Washington Post story this week bemoaned the end of permanent ice in the Arctic’s oceans, noting that the original estimate of 2050 was likely to be sped up to somewhere around 2035. Anyone who has followed this guessing game knows it is nothing other than a fear-over-facts narrative by the climate cult; designed to sustain income streams for the various eco groups and clicks for mainstream media outlets who amplify every Chicken Little cry of pending disaster. In 2013, an excellent article in Forbes outlined the numerous times climate ‘experts’ predicted the end of year-round…

Admitted tree spiker and domestic terrorist Tracy Stone-Manning, whose current job as Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was somehow authorized by the U.S. Senate, was in Alaska this past week. Stone-Manning didn’t come to the state to authorize a new project, and certainly wasn’t here to help grow jobs, raise domestic revenues or help create domestic supply-chain certainty. Instead, she spent her time in Interior Alaska, meeting with groups and individuals opposed to the Ambler Access Project (AAP), a 211-mile road that would connect the Dalton Highway with a Congressionally-authorized mining district to the northwest. Stone-Manning certainly…

Despite yearslong pushback from small businesses, manufacturers, and consumers, Congress is once again considering carbon border adjustment tax legislation which will unfairly impact the oil and gas industry right here in Alaska. Record high inflation, a looming debt crisis, and the potential for an economic recession don’t seem to be enough to dissuade eco-centric Congressional members and environmental extremists from attempting to push through this destructive legislation. Even more unfortunate is that several Republicans are helping to draft this legislation and pledging support. This legislation has many problems, with the very nexus hinging on the false argument that carbon is…

Power is attained by having those who support you show up. In the case of the Chugach Electric board, the recent election results flipped the makeup of the directors, with a clear majority of ‘environment-above-all’ zealots now in charge.  Now that they have power, expect plenty of off-the-wall topics discussed, and shenanigans abound to come up at board meetings. We already have our first.  In what – at best – can be considered suspicious timing, their initial meeting in command was also the night a letter from U.S. Congresswoman Mary Peltola hit their private board packets. As first reported in…

With more coastline than the rest of the U.S. combined, over 365,000 miles via 12,000 rivers flowing through the state, and over three million lakes greater than five acres in size, Alaska was sure to be affected by the EPA’s proposed re-write of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations more than any other state in the nation. That’s why today’s Supreme Court decision limiting the EPA is such good news.  For a state where 62% of its lands and waters are already under federal management and control, the EPA’s revised WOTUS and Clean Water Act directives would have…

Since taking office the Biden Administration has done everything it can to thwart Alaska’s energy future.  On day one of his presidency, he issued an executive order halting activities related to the safe and responsible development of the Coastal Plain (10-02 area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on Alaska’s North Slope.  As a result, that area which is specifically designated by Congress decades ago for development of domestic oil and gas, continues to be in limbo.  The Department of Interior had originally set a deadline of mid-2022 for a draft supplemental environmental impact statement that would be followed…

Mining has a rich history in Alaska, with many of our state’s cities and towns originating from the gold rush days of the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Fast-forward to modern-day Alaska, and you have a range of mining activities from family-owned placer claims to world-class hard rock and coal deposits being responsibly developed across our great state. In 2013, legislation was sponsored by state Senator Cathy Giessel which stipulated “Alaska Mining Day is established on May 10 of each year to recognize and honor the intrepid individuals and industry that played an enormous role in settling and developing the…

When Russia invaded Ukraine just over a year ago, it set into motion a shuffling of global energy supplies and demands.  As the world reacted to Russia with embargoes, price caps and outright bans on helping fuel the Russian military complex, nowhere outside of the European Union were those actions felt more than the Asian Far East. Russia had long provided LNG to Japan and other Far East nations, with nearly 10% of its imports coming from the country in 2021.  Even though its other nations have stepped up to fill gaps in supplies, it lacks a long-term, viable source…