I hope Alaska will invest more carefully in “clean coal” technology in the future than it did in 1991.
What’s important is that CO2 capture from a coal plant relies on proven technology. The basic process has been used for years in many industries.
Hundreds of millions of Alaska’s federal and state highway money will be diverted to the Tetlin-Fort Knox route just for road upgrades. This means less money available for all Alaska roads.
This mine project will make Tetlin financially self-sufficient while allowing its members to continue to live their cultural and traditional way of life.
We all want to ensure our small, family farmers can grow and sell more local food; we do not yet know whether these tax changes serve that end.
I’m asking you to help refocus the narrative and continue to drive innovative energy resources into Alaska.
The state will likely have to spend real money to get companies to drill more wells in Cook Inlet. But how much should Alaska invest in petroleum when cheap wind and solar are on the horizon?
Mining, and the remarkable technologies and standard of living it enables, has never been so important.
Some small-business owners in Anchorage are producing or creating entrepreneurial opportunities for others, while also growing their own business.
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