by Matt Jackson | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Ravencall
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...
by Matt Jackson | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog, Climate change, Featured
The news this summer has, frankly, been overwhelming — even for someone like me who has the privilege of being paid to pay attention to climate change. The disastrous Suicide Basin flood of the Mendenhall River. The landslides in downtown Juneau that now seem almost...
by Matt Jackson | Jun 7, 2023 | Blog, Climate change, Featured
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,...
by Matt Jackson | May 5, 2023 | Blog, Climate change, Featured
The complete rundown on Thursday’s virtual town hall with the Alaska Climate Alliance We are entering the final weeks of Alaska’s legislative session this year, so these are the final weeks for our climate bills to move forward before 2024. We’ve made it a long way...
by Matt Jackson | Apr 26, 2023 | Featured, Ravencall
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...
by Matt Jackson | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog, Featured
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...
by Matt Jackson | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Featured
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...
by Matt Jackson | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog, Featured
You’ve already written to the legislature to support the Renewable Energy Fund (REF). Now, thanks to your advocacy we have the chance to speak directly to the House Finance Committee. House Finance is holding a hearing — with public testimony — tomorrow, Thursday,...
by Matt Jackson | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog, Featured
It’s the March Southeast Alaska Climate Report! And we’re getting right to it with the good, the bad, and the possible solution. The Good Regular readers will know that last month the Renewable Energy Fund (REF) went up for consideration before House and Senate...
by Matt Jackson | Feb 27, 2023 | Blog, Featured
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...
