CCS nixed for now
I havent 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 hasnt yet had a hearing.
Stay tuned.
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