{"id":37100,"date":"2018-10-18T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/"},"modified":"2018-10-18T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:16:00","slug":"conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Conoco VP speaks against ballot measure at Chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A representative of oil giant ConocoPhillips voiced opposition to Ballot Measure 1 at a Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ballot Measure 1, known as Stand for Salmon, would alter how managers permit development on certain fish habitat in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>ConocoPhillips has donated $1 million to opposition group Stand for Alaska, plus more than $34,000 in non-monetary contributions, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.state.ak.us\/ApocReports\/CampaignDisclosure\/CDIncome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska Public Offices Commission<\/a>. The company is one of the largest contributors to Stand for Alaska, which has amassed more than $11 million to prevent the change to permitting law.<\/p>\n<p>The Chamber made anti-measure yard signs available in the back of the Moose&rsquo;s Lodge on Thursday as Conoco&rsquo;s Scott Jepsen, vice president of external affairs and transportation, spoke. The ballot measure will slow down Alaska&rsquo;s economy by allowing environmental groups &ldquo;another bite at the apple&rdquo; to litigate permitting, Jepsen said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we take a look at this particular initiative, what we see is a way to slow down, stop or potentially halt resource development,&rdquo; Jepsen said.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents have taken issue with the idea that Ballot Measure 1 would halt resource extraction, calling the idea a scare tactic and a misreading of the measure&rsquo;s language. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/stand-for-salmon-jumps-signature-hurdle\/\" target=\"_blank\">More than 43,000 Alaskans<\/a> have provided signatures to bring the measure to a vote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/letters\/opinion-oil-company-opposition-to-ballot-measure-1-is-a-reason-to-vote-yes\/\" target=\"_blank\">[Opinion: Oil-company opposition to Ballot Measure 1 is a reason to vote yes]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oil production on the North Slope currently enjoys what Jepsen called a production &ldquo;renaissance,&rdquo; and Conoco, Alaska&rsquo;s largest oil producer, recently added to its daily production. Oil started flowing from Greater Mooses Tooth 1 on Oct. 5, Jepsen said, in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. It should add about 30,000 barrels of oil per day to Conoco&rsquo;s production.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration handed ConocoPhillips another key approval for oil development in Greater Mooses Tooth 2, which should add another 40,000 barrels per day, Jepsen said.<\/p>\n<p>Jepsen is the latest in a series of Chamber speakers to argue against Ballot Measure 1 in the run up to the Nov. 6 election. A representative of the Pebble Mine project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/pebble-vp-project-ok-if-salmon-measure-passes\/\" target=\"_blank\">gave similar comments<\/a> at last week&rsquo;s Chamber lunch.<\/p>\n<p>A frequently asked questions document about Ballot Measure 1 can be read at <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.state.ak.us\/OnlinePublicNotices\/Notices\/Attachment.aspx?id=114005\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/aws.state.ak.us\/OnlinePublicNotices\/Notices\/Attachment.aspx?id=<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.state.ak.us\/OnlinePublicNotices\/Notices\/Attachment.aspx?id=114005\" target=\"_blank\">114005<\/a>. The ballot itself can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/petitions\/17FSH2\/17FHS2%20Bill%20Revised%20by%20AK%20Supreme%20Court.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/petitions\/17FSH2\/17FHS2%20Bill%20Revised%20by%20AK%20Supreme%20Court.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>\u2022 Contact reporter Kevin Gullufsen at 523-2228 and kgullufsen@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @KevinGullufsen.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A representative of oil giant ConocoPhillips voiced opposition to Ballot Measure 1 at a Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":37101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1077],"tags":[381,39,382,339],"class_list":["post-37100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-news","tag-ballot-measure-1","tag-election-2018","tag-stand-for-alaska","tag-stand-for-salmon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conoco VP speaks against ballot measure at Chamber - Juneau Empire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conoco VP speaks against ballot measure at Chamber - Juneau Empire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A representative of oil giant ConocoPhillips voiced opposition to Ballot Measure 1 at a Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Juneau Empire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-18T21:16:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/6016223_web1_181018Chamber_Jespen.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin Gullufsen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevin Gullufsen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/\",\"name\":\"Conoco VP speaks against ballot measure at Chamber - Juneau Empire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/6016223_web1_181018Chamber_Jespen.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-18T21:16:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6073bb2154a72bb20b5f676fd7814bf\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2018\/10\/18\/conoco-vp-speaks-against-ballot-measure-at-chamber\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/6016223_web1_181018Chamber_Jespen.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/6016223_web1_181018Chamber_Jespen.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365,\"caption\":\"Scott Jepsen, Vice President of External Affairs &amp; Transportation for ConocoPhillips, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce during its luncheon at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. 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