Come On Baby, Don’t Light My Fire
We all love the sunshine, but we really shouldn’t shun the precipitation this spring because it’s been a dry winter. Every drop helps dampen the…
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Alaska in Our Unsettled World
This isn’t the time of year for rollercoasters but it’s looking like this year is an exception. I by no means claim to be a…
Biting The Hand That Feeds?
One of my fellow Senate Republican Caucus members, Senator Robert Yundt, introduced a bill he thinks is a good idea. I don’t think it’s a…
Two Gas Questions and an Answer
I continue to watch the efforts of the companies in Cook Inlet and the utilities to solve the coming natural gas shortage. Enstar and Hilcorp…
Why a Department of Agriculture Makes Sense for Alaska
Across Alaska’s peaceful and rugged landscapes, a new chapter is unfolding—one that will develop the state’s flourishing promise and secure the well-being of its people.…
New Economic Horizons in Alaska
The time has come to broaden our economic horizons beyond relying primarily on oil revenue. Our state’s shaky financial health proves the need for diversification…
The Debut: #1 Recommendation for Increasing Food Security
Whoa. What? Shelley Hughes is supporting this? A separate department for agriculture?? But isn’t she all about right-sizing and limiting government? Yes, folks, I am,…
As Gas Shortage Looms for Railbelt…
Blow The Dust Off The Dam Project Already Nobody is happy a natural gas shortfall is looming on the Kenai Peninsula up through Anchorage and…
Wobbly Premise for EV Acceleration
The recently announced goal by the Biden administration that 50 percent of new vehicles be electric by 2030, his “EV Acceleration Challenge”, is unaffordable, unrealistic,…
Hold On to Your Socks – and Your Hat
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Well, la-dee-da. Based on data from 2021, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are actually down 17.7 percent from 2007, putting current levels approximately…
Time For a Wake-Up Call: Renewables and Mining
Whoa. Of the 50 minerals and metals critical to the United States, Alaska has 49. But if they’re buried, what good are they? Leaders in…
Willow Project Passes House, Goes to Senate
A project in the National Petroleum Reserve has suffered some resistance from the Biden administration. The day of reckoning will soon be upon us as…