by Matt Jackson | Oct 12, 2022 | Featured, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 12, 2022 Sitka, Alaska / Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Territory Contact: Matt Jackson / Climate Program Manager Southeast Candidates United on Need For Climate and Energy Investments SEACC releases the results of a candidate questionnaire on...
by Matt Jackson | Oct 12, 2022 | Ravencall
Alaska’s climate, and economy, are changing. The clock is ticking. And despite all odds, there’s actually something the Alaskan legislature can realistically do about it. There are four policies the legislature could pass in 2023 to make a difference on climate change...
by Matt Jackson | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Years before I started at SEACC, I worked with teenagers in Alaska’s mental health system, helping them navigate their first jobs, their emotions, and sometimes just making sure they had a safe space at night. I still think about them often in this work, because...
by Matt Jackson | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog, Featured
As I’m writing this I’ve just gotten home from SEACC’s first post-pandemic board and staff retreat on Prince of Wales Island. POW has long been the front line of timber issues, and with recent comment periods on two-state timber sales, it’s still the epicenter of...
by Matt Jackson | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog, Featured
“We looked for policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower energy costs, and especially that can power rural economies” — Climate Program Manager Matt Jackson SEACC is targeting three policies that we will be supporting in the 2023 state...
by Matt Jackson | Sep 6, 2022 | Blog, Featured
It’s good to be back at this newsletter! And it is a good time to be a climate activist. Why? Well, the Greenland Ice Sheet is going to contribute at least 10 inches toward rising sea levels globally, even if we stopped all emissions tomorrow, so it’s a good...
by Matt Jackson | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Hopefully, you’ve seen the headlines by now, a heavily pruned climate and healthcare bill, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, narrowly passed through Congress last week and was signed into law by President Biden this afternoon, Tuesday, August 16. Though the bill is...
by Matt Jackson | Jun 6, 2022 | Blog, Featured
May was a busy month for Alaska’s climate movement. For one, my work with SEACC was in the news way too much, and not for good reasons either, questioning nuclear waste, questioning natural gas, and questioning the point of it all. Gov. Dunleavy held a heavily...
by Matt Jackson | May 3, 2022 | Blog, Featured
This newsletter is going to be (mostly) good news for once so grab your favorite beverage and buckle up. Let’s start with the bad: SB85. As you’ve heard before, is a bad timber bill that would open up state forests for round log exports to China and remove...
by Matt Jackson | Apr 7, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Though Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is based in Juneau, not everyone knows that I actually live on Sheet’ka Kwaan lands — 90 miles to the southwest in Sitka. Spring is upon us here and the herring are spawning. As I write this, the herring eggs are coming in....
