Exposing Alaska’s Green New Deal (Part I)
By Kassie Andrews -- May 28, 2025
Ed. Note: Alaska policymakers are selling out the state’s hydrocarbon abundance for a Green New Deal foisted by special interests that do not have consumers, taxpayers, or prosperity in mind. Trump Administration Officials visiting Alaska in two weeks are warned by energy expert Kassie Andrews in two parts (Part II tomorrow).
“… this isn’t about affordability or ‘sustainability’- it’s about control, green grift, and forcing Alaska into a ‘transition’ nobody voted for.”
The political class in Alaska is trying to sell the public on “cheap” renewables as the centerpiece of the state’s energy policy. We’ve all heard the line: Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of electricity on Earth. It’s the Green New Deal gospel repeated ad nauseam, designed to steamroll dissent and shut down debate. But like most things parroted by lobbyists, bureaucrats, and captured politicians, it falls apart under basic scrutiny.
The Anchorage Daily News op-ed, “Energy Opportunities for Alaska,” is the latest propaganda. It sounds exactly like something written by people who stand to make money off government subsidies, without addressing the inconvenient truths: that solar and wind are only “cheap” after billions in taxpayer subsidies and magical thinking about reliability.
Are Alaskans buying it? Not really, as public testimony on the state’s proposed Renewable Portfolio Standard made clear. People are waking up to the fact that this isn’t about affordability or “sustainability”- it’s about control, green grift, and forcing Alaska into a “transition” nobody voted for.
And now, we’re watching something even more dangerous unfold: elected officials using their official titles to boost political allies running for co-op boards – candidates who back this green charade. That’s not public service—it’s political warfare; it’s being waged against, and paid for by, the very people they claim to represent.
https://www.masterresource.org/alaska-policy/alaska-green-new-deal-exposed-i/
