Alaska Senate ‘protections’ are a poison pill that could kill the state’s energy future

By: Warren Christian, Mike Chenault, Dennis Michel, Randy Eledge

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 782

Last Updated: 5 days, 5 hours ago


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When it comes to developing Alaska’s private-sector energy industry, certain members of Alaska’s Senate majority have misunderstood or misrepresented the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation’s plans. From our perspective, members of the Senate and their “leave it in the ground” environmentalist backers are trying to choke the life out of the Alaska LNG Project in the name of protecting Alaskans.

By wrapping layers of economically unviable mandates in the flag of “protecting Alaskans,” Senators in …

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