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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0<\/em>Kassie Andrews<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAlaska\u2019s Comprehensive Sustainable Energy Action Plan<\/a> is a kleptocracy plan. The people behind this are taking advantage of decades of hard work of Alaskans who can no longer believe that wise, ethical, logical, civic minded people are at the helm (they are not). We the people must speak up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is formally called \u201cMeeting the requirements of the Priority Climate Action Plan for EPA\u2019s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program,\u201d and Alaska\u2019s slim green lobby is winning at the expense of the state\u2019s indigenous resources and natural wealth. A bright light on this alien takeover can stop the takeover, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is full of letdowns for conservatives in Alaska under the concerted efforts of Governor Dunleavy. Honoring a promise to abide by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Alaska Standard<\/a>), his administration submitted the State of Alaska\u2019s Priority Sustainable Energy Action Plan (PSEAP)<\/a> plan to the EPA in March of 2024. This is the initial plan required to access Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)<\/a> funds brought to us by the Inflation Reduction Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 22, 2024, the EPA proclaimed<\/a>, \u201cEPA has announced selected applications to receive over $4.3 billion in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to implement community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate America\u2019s clean energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation<\/a> (DEC), the non-partisan nonprofit Alaska Municipal League<\/a> will \u201cconduct the greenhouse gas emissions inventory [produced by Constellation Energy<\/a>, \u201ca leader in the clean energy transition\u201d], collaborate with Tribal governments conducting their parallel planning efforts, facilitate stakeholder engagement, and produce the PSEAP and CSEAP.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CSEAP, Comprehensive Sustainable Energy Action Plan, is phase two of the plan with the report stating, \u201cthe State recognizes that a more substantial undertaking is ahead, in producing the Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) over the coming year, and that this effort will require more detailed analysis and thorough review of opportunities for climate pollution reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty-five states now have climate action plans. States opting to keep the Climate Industrial Complex at bay were Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, South Dakota and Wyoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Alaska?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska has miniscule emissions, as in less than one tenth of one percent of the the total U.S. [1]<\/strong> Put simply, this plan is about how we need to react to ostensibly lower our carbon footprint as if that is a valid concern at all with the report stating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ultimately, nearly every currently available federal grant opportunity includes reference to the need for projects to advance carbon reduction. The State will evaluate individual opportunities alongside CPRG investments to leverage to the greatest extent possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Statewide GHG emissions are tabulated, and it is no surprise that industrial emissions from natural gas and transportation emissions from jet fuel are at the top of the list.  Alarmingly, there is still not a lack of desire in the voting public to address inflation and reduce federal debt to challenge the many tentacles of the climate industrial complex\u2019s degrowth agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Emission Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary emissions reduction strategies include weatherization assistance, accelerating \u201cbeneficial electrification\u201d by way of heat pumps, solid waste methane capture, electric vehicle supply equipment installation program, a \u201cSolar for all\u201d program for $100M, and augmentation of the existing Renewable energy fund for another $100M. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also included is carbon capture, use and sequestration.  Making reference to the Carbon Offset Program, passed by the Alaska Legislature in 2023<\/a>, the direct metric listed is the \u201cnumber of in-development and accredited carbon removal projects on state lands\u201d and a secondary measure metric is the \u201cconstruction of electric vehicle charging stations.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbon credit programs are bogus with the largest accredited and world leading certifier, Verra, being in the hot seat for over 90% of their offset credits being largely worthless<\/a>.  Verra<\/a> and Anew<\/a>, both World Economic Forum partners, were invited to Juneau for expert testimony on the carbon offset legislation.  The legislature was notified of Verra\u2019s fraudulent practices during public testimony on the bill, but it passed 58-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals of the plan include leveraging federal funding for an \u201cimpactful transformation,\u201d delivering \u201cequitable benefits,\u201d \u201csignificantly diversifying power generation\u201d and in its aim to reduce its carbon footprint, \u201cthe state is focusing on key sectors like transportation and energy production that contribute significantly to emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objectives of the plan, 17 total, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n