[ gavel ] welcome back, everyone. Sorry for the extra tenminute delay, but we have finished at least this tranche of voting, and hopefully, well have an opportunity to get through this last panel with an opportunity for questions and conclude the hearing before we have another round of votes, so thats the hope here. This second panel is perhaps more of our technical panel. We have several witnesses present to help answer questions about modern development on the north slope and what it might look like in the future. Joining us today are mr. Aaron sh shutt, president and ceo of doyon limited. Thank you for being here. You also brought your son with you, which is a great Educational Opportunity for him, and we appreciate your being here. Lois epstein is with us. Lois has been before the committee before. We welcome her back. She is the Arctic Program director for the wilderness society. Following ms. Epstein, well have mr. Richard glenn, also a frequent flyer to the energy committee. He
Regional corporations. This is 90 minutes. Welcome back, everyone. Sorry for the extra tenminute delay, but we have finished at least this tranche of voting and hopefully well have an opportunity to get through this last panel with an opportunity for questions and conclude the hearing before we have another round of votes. So thats the hope here. This second panel is perhaps more of our technical panel. We have several witnesses present to help answer questions about modern development on the north slope and what it might look like in the future. Joining us today are mr. Aaron shut. Hes the president and ceo of doyenne limited. Thank you for being here. You also brought your son and thats a great Educational Opportunity for him and we appreciate you both bes here. Although es epstein has been before the committee before. Shes the Arctic Program director for the wilderness society. Following ms. Epstein, well have mr. Richard glenn also a frequent flier here to the energy committee. Hes
Now a hearing on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National wildlife refuge and the potential benefits and environmental impact. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Heard testimony from environmental experts, biologists and representatives from the alaska regional corporations. This is 90 minutes. Welcome back, everyone. Sorry for the extra tenminute delay, but we have finished at least this tranche of voting and hopefully well have an opportunity to get through this last panel with an opportunity for questions and conclude the hearing before we have another round of votes. So thats the hope here. This second panel is perhaps more of our technical panel. We have several witnesses present to help answer questions about modern development on the north slope and what it might look like in the future. Joining us today are mr. Aaron shut. Hes the president and ceo of doyenne limited. Thank you for being here. You also brought your son and thats a great Educational Opportunity
We have more people arriving but they will be uh sherdsherd. I want to thank you for joining us today for this lunch of our lunchtime dialogue series americas rural opportunity, i want to thank all the people in the room, as well as hundreds of people livestreaming and those watching live on cspan3. I wonder how many there are. I am jeanette executive director of the Aspen Institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and advance those living on the economic margins, since 1985 Aspen Institute has focused most of its work in Rural America and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that Rural America is not fly ovover country, rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country, recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, Community Health crisis and more. It reveals an important but less publicized invasion and co
Of people livestreaming and those watching live on cspan3. I wonder how many there are. [laughter] i am executive director of the Aspen Institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. Since 1985 Aspen Institute has focused most of its work in Rural America and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that Rural America is not fly flyover country. Rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country,. Recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, Community Health crises and more. A deeper understanding of Rural America reveals an important but less publicized invasion and collaborative local invasions to turn challenges into opportunities. So to launch this series today we wanted to highlight just three representative stories of innovation. Were happ