.GovDunleavy: 'More than 64 years later, however, the federal government has not lived up to its promises under the Statehood Act.' sponsored energy2023
In Alaska, our resources collectively belong to the people and my charge as Governor under Article 8 of our constitution is to ensure that these resources are developed “for the maximum benefit of its people.”
The discovery of oil in Cook Inlet in 1957 changed that perspective, and two years later Alaska became the 49th State under a compact with the federal government that we would be allowed to develop our resources. The delays in approving projects like Willow point to another self-made obstacle to advancing the energy transition. Five- and 10-year permitting processes to develop domestic resources aren’t just working against oil and mining; this same cumbersome process is delaying renewable energy projects and transmission upgrades, and eroding the value of billions of public and private dollars in capital sitting on the sidelines.
Rather than acknowledge the benefits of this project and its overwhelming support among Alaskans, the approval read more like an apology, and went to great lengths to make a concurrent announcement that the approval of the 500-acre Willow project was accompanied by a plan to withdraw some 16 million acres of Alaska on and offshore lands to development.
At peak production of 180,000 barrels per day, the Willow project is just 0.2 percent of current consumption, making it far from the “climate bomb” as it has been described and is easily replaceable from countries less concerned with environmental protections and human rights. Shutting down Alaska’s economy will do more than deprive of us of the resources we need to pursue these initiatives. Resource revenue funds our schools, our health care system, our State Troopers and Village Public Safety Officers, and a host of other state programs that support and protect our people and drive economic activity.
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