Call to Action.  Citizens, let’s please prepare to give the White House our Input FRIDAY NIGHT on the combined effort of over two-dozen Federal Agencies to ‘Zone’ the oceans surrounding America (Alaska has about 3/4 of the US coastline).   This Federal control extends to the Great Lakes and throughout the watershed feeding the oceans.  Imagine the thousands of jobs this ‘ocean zoning’ will create for environmental activists and lawyers in almost every state!   Control the oceans and watersheds and you truly control the entire ‘means of production’ in this country.  This action is taken by Presidential Executive Order without Congressional authorization and is probably the most egregious example we’ve seen of Federal overreach and usurpation of state sovereignty.  See this RDC Information Sheet, and…see you Friday between 3:30-4 p.m.!  -dh

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson told a Calgary crowd Wednesday that Canada and the United States are making strides in reducing regulatory barriers but an audience member in the oil and gas business said barriers at the state and county levels cause the real problems.  (More below.)

Fairbanks News Miner by Christopher Eshelman.  A key federal environmental regulator has cleared a permit for the Alaska Railroad’s plans to bridge the Tanana River near Salcha.  …   Lisa Herbert, the chamber’s executive director, said Tuesday’s news also helps the railroad.   “This project is shovel-ready and will put many Alaskans to work for Alaskan companies,” she said by statement.  (See our earlier story and connection to NPR-A permit for CD-5 being denied by EPA for similar reasons: ARNI.  -dh)

Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Tanana River bridge gets EPA approval 

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo-r) today unveiled a discussion draft of The National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act, a bill to cut through bureaucratic red tape and unlock the full potential of energy resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). As part of the American Energy Initiative, this legislation will create new jobs, support current energy jobs in Alaska, and help lower energy costs by ensuring NPR-A resources are developed and transported in a timely and efficient manner. Chairman Hastings is in Alaska today for an Alaskan energy tour, including the NPR-A, with Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-Upper Left) and Rep. Don Young (NGP Photo).  See full Story Here.

Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.  In the midst of the challenges facing the approval of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson touched down in Calgary this week to reiterate the message that Canada is critical to American energy security.  Of course, it’s not as simple as that.