We hope to begin adding northern energy news and comment today...

 ...and provide readers with a complete review of the avalanche of national energy initiatives that are conspiring to return Alaska to a pre-pipeline economy.  Until then, enjoy Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's (NGP Photo) articulate, charismatic, compelling speech to us Wednesday.  Here's the video.  Here's a transcript.

Our readers who align themselves with extreme environmental positions will find themselves the butt of the Governator's acidic and probing wit, as will our oil industry friends--particularly those from Texas!

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