Come On Baby, Don’t Light My Fire
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]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…
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Alaska in Our Unsettled World
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]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…
Biting The Hand That Feeds?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]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…
Two Gas Questions and an Answer
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]I continue to watch the efforts of the companies in Cook Inlet and the utilities to solve the coming natural gas shortage. Enstar and…
Why a Department of Agriculture Makes Sense for Alaska
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 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…
As Gas Shortage Looms for Railbelt…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blow The Dust Off The Dam Project Already [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”orange” css=”.vc_custom_1711667164548{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Nobody is happy a natural gas shortfall is looming on…
Wobbly Premise for EV Acceleration
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greenhouse Gas Emissions [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”orange” css=”.vc_custom_1711067525087{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Well, la-dee-da. Based on data from 2021, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are actually down 17.7…
Time For a Wake-Up Call: Renewables and Mining
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 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…
Willow Project Passes House, Goes to Senate
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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…