Murkowski Bill Would Assist Construction of an Alaska In-State Gas Pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced legislation designed to help development of an in-state natural gas pipeline in Alaska.

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While reserving final judgment, the National Parks and Conservation Association, the Alaska Conservation Alliance, the Denali Citizens Council, The Wilderness Society, Cook Inlet Keeper, the Alaska Center for the Environment, the Wrangell Mountain Center and the Alaska Wildlife Alliance have identified the seven miles along the Parks Highway as the “apparent logical environmentally preferable choice for the gas pipeline through Denali National Park and Preserve.” The groups said the route “would seem to make the most sense from both an engineering and an environmental perspective, as going around the park would necessitate construction in currently undeveloped lands.”