will find that an attractive investment,” he said. “What’s just not clear is what that market would look like and whether or not purchasers. ‘If you plant the trees and create credits, will anyone buy them?’” said Barry Rabe, a political scientist who studies environmental and climate politics at the University of Michigan’s Gerald Ford School of Public Policy. “There’s kind of a field of dreams quality to this issue. Just like oil, just like gas, just like our timber, this is a commodity that can be monetized now,” he said. “This bill is going to allow us now to have conversations worldwide with individuals involved in the carbon market. Projects could include credits for improving a forest's health through thinning or by allowing trees to grow bigger, thereby increasing a forest's potential to hold carbon. Mike Dunleavy signed a measure he successfully pushed through the legislature that would allow the oil-reliant state to cash in on the sale of so-called carbon credits to companies looking to offset their carbon emissions. JUNEAU, Alaska - (AP) - Alaska's push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by its Republican governor, even as the state continues to embrace new fossil fuel production, including the controversial Willow oil project on the petroleum-rich North Slope.Īt the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage on Tuesday, Gov.
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