Alaska needs a new approach to energy problems

Two bills bode well for renewable energy in Alaska Alaska’s oil math doesn’t add up. The state subsidizes oil extraction to the point of bankrupting itself, while regular Alaskans pay some of the highest fuel prices in the country and have some of the highest per...

Climate Newsletter June 2023

Getting Ready for Summer Even if the daylight hasn’t peaked yet it’s now officially summer in my book! At SEACC we’re getting outside and in our communities more now that the weather is better and the legislature is out — for now. As I’ve been out talking to folks,...

SEACC’s Climate Program Turns 1

The SEACC Board of Directors voted in spring 2022 to elevate SEACC’s climate work, advancing what had been a part-time organizer role within our Tongass Forest Program to its own thing — the SEACC Climate Program. This is the third fully supported program at SEACC...

Alaska needs your help in the legislature!

I’m writing to you as a coordinating team member of the Alaska Climate Alliance, and also as SEACC’s climate guy. Alaska’s budgeting process is one part wonky, one part political brinksmanship. Many of us don’t have the time or inclination to...

All About That Green Bank!

At last, one of SEACC’s wonkiest climate priorities has reached the capital!  House Bill 154, and its companion Senate Bill 125, would create an “Alaska Energy Independence Fund” within the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. In essence, a Green Bank. SEACC has been...

Position Paper on HB49/SB48

Overview House Bill 49 and its companion bill in the Senate, Senate Bill 48, propose to create a carbon offset credit program within the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources to raise revenue by selling carbon credits on the voluntary market. A carbon offset...