WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday released the following comment regarding the start of simultaneous preliminary work by Shell at the company’s Arctic leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski announced today that she is promoting two staff members to senior positions in her Alaska operations – to bolster her work and responsiveness in-state.
October 3, 2012, Juneau, Alaska – The State of Alaska filed in U.S. Federal District Court in Alaska to stop enforcement of the federal government's policy to impose an emission control area (ECA) over a broad swath of ocean off Alaska's coast.
Yesterday, Senator Hollis French and Representative Les Gara (both D-Anchorage) sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state regulators urging the agencies to ensure timely issuance of necessary wetlands and other permits, so that work can begin at the Point Thomson Unit this winter.