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Alaska’s Proposed Climate Change Commission: Did Harris/Waltz Win?

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- March 26, 2025

“Politicians and ENGOs gaslight the public into believing Alaska has a magic thermostat that can stop erosion, reverse damage to fisheries, and fix every other contestable issue—as long as they scream ‘CLIMATE CHANGE’!”

Climate alarmism is a tired way to get what you want—not unlike a kid throwing a tantrum in the cereal aisle. Except begging for Froot Loops, the panicking alarmists—backed by ENGOs desperate to push their mandates through—demand more bureaucracy, heavier regulations, and political energy “solutions” that serve their agenda, not the public.

Never mind that these schemes do little to actually “save the planet.” They’re really about forcing costly policies, expanding government control, and driving up energy prices, all while making people poorer for their warped vision of the future.

Here in Alaska, the opportunity is to ‘read the room’ and dial back climate exaggeration and forced energy transformation.…

“Sustainable Development” vs. Alaska

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- February 11, 2025

“President Trump was right to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement and eliminate the Green New Deal. Now, Alaska must do the same.”

Alaska is synonymous with rugged independence and self-reliance. But this is at risk from the alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), falsely advertised as modernizing and protecting the state’s natural beauty.

Adhering to this globalist construct has left many local communities grappling with the fallout. From an exploding homeless population to rising energy costs and diminished economic opportunities, the promises of the SDGs have often clashed with the realities of life in America’s Last Frontier. 

To understand how these things have wreaked havoc on Alaska, brief summaries are provided to illustrate the direct connection between SDGs and state policies. 

Big Picture Control

The UN’s 17 SDGs are nothing more than the latest iteration of a long-standing agenda to impose centralized control under the guise of “sustainability.”…

Alaska Energy Shenanigans: Eklutna Dam and the RPS (Part II: Political Highjack)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- January 10, 2025

Ed. Note: With yesterday’s background, Part II examines the politicization of one of Alaska’s major hydroelectric projects to reveal ulterior motives from “stakeholders” and elected officials.

“Once an RPS becomes law, the boards will be able to point to the new law in effect requiring them to adopt unreliable and expensive sources and be held harmless once things start to spiral out of control, up to and including rolling brownouts and blackouts.”

“Pumped energy storage is only necessary as a mitigating backup to the planned 100% unreliable not-so renewables. The Renewable Portfolio Standard will mandate a government-subsidized solar, wind and transmission build-out by grifters and profiteers. Wind and solar power producers should be made to pay for all infrastructure that makes them as reliable as a gas turbine.”

For environmental groups and their political carriers, the question is how to expand wind and solar power in the state, the very resources that are dilute, intermittent, fragile, expensive, and taxpayer-dependent.…

Alaska Energy Shenanigans: Eklutna Dam and the RPS (Part I: Background)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- January 9, 2025

Risking Alaska’s Energy Exceptionalism (RPS looming)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- October 15, 2024

Alaska Energy Policy: An Exchange (RPS in the balance)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- September 26, 2024

Freedom in Alaska: A Report Card

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- September 5, 2024

State of Alaska’s “Priority Climate Plan” (EPA bribe = trouble)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- August 6, 2024

Alaska Energy Future Needs Informed Voters (gas, hydro under political assault)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- May 8, 2024

Alaska’s Bad Energy Bill of the Week – Carbon Storage (HB 50/SB 49)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#kandrews">Kassie Andrews</a> -- April 16, 2024