It's About Energy- LIVE Broadcast Special Event

Ken Salazar, the new U.S. Interior Secretary, plans to visit Alaska on Monday and Tuesday to gather opinions about the federal government's proposed oil and gas lease sales in the Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea and the Bristol Bay region. That input will be included in the Obama administration's offshore energy plan, scheduled for completion in six months. Advocacy groups for and against drilling in federal waters are pulling out all the stops to snag Salazar's attention during an all-day public hearing scheduled Tuesday in downtown Anchorage.