More Perspectives: Joint Review Panel on Mackenzie Project - Cairo Report #2 - Also, Kudos to Chuck Gray of NARUC

National Journal by Chuck Gray (NGP Photo).  NARUC strongly supports improved energy efficiency as the first option for achieving greater energy security, but conservation alone will not be enough to address anticipated demand. To become truly energy independent, Congress and the Obama Administration will need to keep all options on the table—efficiency, renewables, fossil fuels, natural gas, and nuclear. All of these fuels have domestic components, and all must be considered if we are going to wean ourselves from inhospitable foreign energy sources.  (See our February 2010 story, 'After The Moratoria Report')

Fox News.  International Frontier Resources Corporation, (TSX VENTURE:IFR) today reported that the Joint Review Panel ("JRP") report on the Mackenzie Gas Project ("MGP") was issued on December 30, 2009. The report concludes that the proposed gas pipeline should go forward as it "would deliver valuable and lasting overall benefits for a sustainable future for Northern Canada". The MGP as described in applications to the National Energy Board ("NEB") entails the construction of a 1220 kilometer pipeline connecting gas fields in the Mackenzie Delta and Central Mackenzie Valley to northern Alberta. The pipelines initial capacity would be 1.2 BCF/D; the pipeline is being designed for the possibility of future expansion to 1.8 BCF/D. The JRP report has been filed with the National Energy Board who are expected to make a decision on whether the MGP project can go forward by September 2010. A copy of the report can be obtained at www.ngps.nt.ca.

I nicknamed my security handler, Amad, President Obama (NGP Photo).  Turns out, he's famous among the police and other security professionals for just that reason.  Amad is a great representative of his country.