Alaska gas pipeline $500 million to fund startup costs of an overland route, the AGPA is now advocating a "Y" route which would first go to Valdez and later build a second fork toward Canada. On July 3, 2007, the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin announced that the State of Alaska was ready to receive applications to build a pipeline within the framework of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). On January 4, 2008, a proposal by TransCanada was selected. Four other proposals were submitted: By Sinopec, AEnergia, the AGPA, which proposed a liquified natural gas project, and the Alaska Natural Gas Development
Joshua Wright (Alaska politician) Joshua Wright (Alaska politician) Joshua J. Wright II (August 6, 1929 – November 2, 2017) was a dentist and politician in the United States who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives between 1970 and 1972. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina on August 6, 1929 to Joshua and Louise Wright, he attended Howard University where he studied zoology, chemistry, and later, dentistry. By 1956, Wright had moved to Mt. Edgecombe, Alaska, where he worked for the Public Health Service Hospital until 1958, when he moved to Anchorage. Wright was a member of the Anchorage School Board between