Energy

Host Tim Bradner, Alaska Legislative Digest talks with Andy Mack, Commissioner of Natural Resources about improvements to getting access to Alaska’s resources.

The Juneau World Affairs Council, in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Juneau and the Open World Leadership Center, present: “Mongolia Today: Profile, Strengths, and Politics” with Mongolian Parliament member Tsogtbaatar Damdin. Mr. Tsogtbaatar is a former cabinet minister and newly-elected member of the Mongolian Parliament.His primary focus is the development of responsible, accountable, open and efficient government institutions at both the national and local levels. He will give us a primer on his nation, its government, and its future.

A conversation about John McPhee’s 1977 classic “Coming into the Country” – a book that defined Alaska for many readers. Alaska’s Energy Desk tracked down policy makers, homesteaders, and river runners that were featured in the book to find out how Alaska has changed over the the past 40 years. A live studio audience asks questions of panelists: Willie Hensley, former state lawmaker and author of the autobiography Fifty Miles From Tomorrow. Reed Stoops, formerly of the Department of Natural Resources, now a lobbyist. Dan O’Neill, author of A Land Gone Lonesome, about the Yukon River. Pat Pourchot, a former state lawmaker, Congressional staffer, and DNR commissioner who had the enviable job of leading the river trip that John McPhee writes about in the first section of the book.

What is the future of renewable energy in Southeast Alaska? Three community stakeholders will discuss advances in technology and the challenges of powering the region’s most remote locations. We will look at models across the globe to see what’s working and how it could be adapted here.

From the state’s geography and demographics to its reliance on the oil and gas industry, Alaska is a unique state with many political contradictions. State politics have changed dramatically over the past few decades, and Clive Thomas has spent decades studying that arc. Thomas was a long-time political science faculty member at the University of Alaska Southeast, and recently completed editing a 1,200-page tome on Alaska politics. Thomas will discuss the long view of Alaska’s politics with KTOO & APRN statehouse reporter Andrew Kitchenman.

Capitol Views

(2015 Episode 5)

Rep. Liz Vasquez
R-Anchorage

Part 2 (view part 1)