I haven't yet asked for the rationale, but the finance committee of the Alaska Senate nixed funding this morning that would have gone toward a contract with the Center for Climate Strategies to come up with ways to economically reduce emissions and deal with impacts of climate change. It was a $230,000 appropriation; most of it would go to CCS, but with a big bang for the buck, as CCS would be required to match the money many times over with private contributions.
The money was cut in a substitute version of the supplemental budget, but it could get put back in.
The other climate-related appropriation -- $1.1 million, mostly for planning grants for communities dealing with climate change -- is in the capital budget, which hasn't yet had a hearing.
Stay tuned.
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You are mistaken on several counts. In every state where it has been hired, CCS has failed miserably to "come up with ways to economically reduce emissions and deal with impacts of climate change." See here for one example: http://www.i2i.org/main/author.php?author_id=271. There is nothing economical in their proposals and they cannot prove that any of their ideas will affect climate one way or another. And if their proposal with Alaska is like every other state's, then the $230,000 would cover about half the cost of CCS's worthless services -- not a "many times over" match with private contributions. Besides, why would the state want a bunch of liberal environmentalist foundations funding what is supposed to be an objective study commission on the climate?
I've offered up plenty of information for you in the past on CCS to report about, but you've ignored it. Why?
Thanks for weighing in. I'm not sure if you're Paul Chesser, but Chesser did send me a bunch of info on CCS from the John Locke Foundation. I take the criticism of the group seriously, so I'll address it in a new post.
Sorry, yes, this is Paul Chesser, and I will further comment on your subsequent post.
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