Congratulations are due Exxon and the State of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources for completing the first development well at Point Thomson in northern Alaska. This is a huge field full of domestic crude, and it’s time to drill for it! This week we’ve witnessed great progress toward more energy security for Alaska and our...
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Many of us appreciated the President mentioning in his State of the Union address that “tough decisions” had to be made regarding offshore drilling. People have had doubts about his seriousness in regards to domestic energy policy because our Department of the Interior dragging its feet on Virginia’s offshore oil and gas leases. Still,...
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Sunday, February 7, 2010 CHRIS WALLACE: Governor Palin, welcome to FOX NEWS SUNDAY. SARAH PALIN: Thank you so much. WALLACE: How do you see yourself as a member of the Tea Party movement or a member of the Republican Party? PALIN: Oh, I think the two are and should be even more so merging because the Tea Party...
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Sun at 3:41pm America’s energy challenges are getting more and more serious every day, and yet the Obama administration just doesn’t get it. Please see this informative article that sheds light on one aspect of the president’s problem. It starts by explaining our energy demand will increase, and oil will be part of that demand. Well,...
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While each of the finalists was deserving, there can be only one man of the year — Sarah Palin. In the pantheon of people who stood up this year for that which is right, no one else stood taller or looked better. She endured the most and came to symbolize the majority of American citizens...
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As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence. Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office. The Obama-Biden administration, on the other hand, recently announced a renewable goal of...
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Energy Department Reveals Strings Attached, Asks States to Comment June 5, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed today there are strings attached to stimulus package funds. DOE is now inviting states to comment on a draft document that they developed for measuring and demonstrating compliance with those strings attached to...
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March 13, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – With completion of the federal omnibus appropriations bill for 2009, Governor Palin today recognized her administration’s ongoing commitment to earmark reform, backed up by a continuing drastic decrease in the Palin Administration’s federal requests. “When I took office in 2006, I committed to every Alaskan and to Washington, D.C.,...
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February 27, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today transmitted two pieces of legislation to the House and Senate rules committees as part of an action plan to jump start an in-state natural gas pipeline. The Action Plan on In-State Gas will be laid out more completely on Tuesday, March 3. It will include...
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Governor Sarah Palin today congratulated the members of the House Special Committee on Energy for a productive series of hearings this session. Those hearings culminated with the introduction of legislation today to consolidate programs from multiple agencies within state government. “I share the intent of committee members to streamline and consolidate the state’s energy programs,...
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