Here is a list of statements made by elected leaders and those in the industry about Shell’s decision to pull out of their off shore oil development in the Chukchi Sea.
If there are others we should add please email them to us at mnsunak@gmail.com or tweet us @midnight_sun_ak
Senator Lisa Murkowski:
http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?p=PressReleases&id=4193F875-4AA5-404B-A447-0B762D0503A6
Senator Dan Sullivan:
http://www.sullivan.senate.gov/content/sullivan-reacts-shell-arctic-ocs-announcement
Congressman Don Young:
http://donyoung.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398479
Governor Bill Walker:
Press conference video: http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/gov-walker-on-why-shell-announcement-disappoints-whats-next/35536590
House Speaker Mike Chenault and Rep. Ben Nageak:
http://www.housemajority.org/2015/09/28/chenault-nageak-comment-on-shell-drilling-news/
State Senator Mike Dunleavy
https://www.alaskasenate.org/2016/press/news/dunleavy-on-shell-s-offshore-drilling-decision
ASRC:
https://twitter.com/ASRC_AK/status/648555713451560960/photo/1
Alaska Oil and Gas Association:
http://www.aoga.org/sites/default/files/news/aoga_shell_statement_09_28_15.pdf
Matt Acuña Buxton is a long-time political reporter who has written for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and The Midnight Sun political blog. He also authors the daily politics newsletter, The Alaska Memo, and can frequently be found live-tweeting public meetings on Twitter.