We can no longer ignore climate change in Alaska. It is not only transforming our landscape and stressing our economy; it s imperiling lives. The mudslides in Haines last month are just a harbinger of the devastation that warmer, wetter winters could bring to our state.
Many on the left claim we can only solve this problem by handing power to Washington to impose a vast, new climate regime. But as we ve seen again and again, federal regulation is no solution for Alaska. A far better plan is to pass legislation for a market-based policy that lowers emissions nationwide. That s how we can fight climate change and prevent Washington, D.C., bureaucrats from seizing even more control of our state.
February 11th |
In late January, a state court ruled that the attempted recall of Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera can go forward. Using almost identical reasoning to the courts decisions in the lawsuit over the recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Superior Court Judge Dani Crosby said that it s up to Midtown Anchorage voters to decide whether the grounds stated by recall proponents are sufficient cause to remove Rivera from office. It s not a coincidence that the decisions in the two cases were so similar under Alaska law, although recalls must have cause, there is no minimum threshold for that cause. And although under the Alaska Constitution, voters are meant to decide the recall on the legal grounds stated, in practice, it s a referendum on how voters feel about Rivera and Dunleavy.