Legislature(2021 - 2022)BARNES 124
02/10/2022 11:00 AM House ARCTIC POLICY, ECONOMIC DEV., & TOURISM
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| Presentation: Carbon Dividends: the Bipartisan Climate Solution | |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ARCTIC POLICY,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM
February 10, 2022
11:04 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Grier Hopkins, Chair
Representative Sara Hannan
Representative Liz Snyder
Representative Josiah Patkotak
Representative Harriet Drummond
Representative Mike Prax
Representative Tom McKay
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
PRESENTATION: CARBON DIVIDENDS: THE BIPARTISAN CLIMATE SOLUTION
- HEARD
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
SCOTT KENDALL, Representative
Americans for Carbon Dividends
Washington, D.C.
POSITION STATEMENT: Gave a presentation, titled "Carbon
Dividends: The Bipartisan Climate Solution."
ACTION NARRATIVE
11:04:59 AM
CHAIR GRIER HOPKINS called the House Special Committee On Arctic
Policy, Economic Development, and Tourism meeting to order at
[11:04] a.m. Representatives Hannan, Snyder, Patkotak,
Drummond, Prax, McKay, and Hopkins were present at the call to
order.
^PRESENTATION: Carbon Dividends: The Bipartisan Climate Solution
PRESENTATION: Carbon Dividends: The Bipartisan Climate Solution
11:06:07 AM
CHAIR HOPKINS announced that the only order of business would be
the "Carbon Dividends: The Bipartisan Climate Solution"
presentation.
11:06:38 AM
SCOTT KENDALL, Representative, Americans for Carbon Dividends,
gave a presentation, titled "Carbon Dividends: The Bipartisan
Climate Solution." He began the presentation on slide 2, which
displayed a roadmap for the bipartisan climate solution and
moved to slide 3, which outlined the "four pillars" of the
bipartisan climate solution's associated Baker-Shultz plan. He
moved to slide 4, which described how the carbon dividends
solution to climate change would work under the current system
of governance in America and continued to slide 5, which
explained the logistics of the carbon dividends solution. He
moved to slide 6, which highlighted America's "carbon advantage"
that it has in the application of a carbon dividend policy.
11:13:38 AM
CHAIR HOPKINS asked how the carbon footprint of Russia or China
could be calculated if there was not reliable data on those
countries' carbon output.
MR. KENDALL answered that there was already a great amount of
data related to carbon output that exists currently.
11:16:23 AM
MR. KENDALL resumed the presentation on slide 7, which displayed
a map that compared carbon footprints between different
countries. He moved to slide 8, which displayed a bar graph
that highlighted the impact of carbon dividend on Alaskan
families' income.
11:21:35 AM
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX shared his support for the idea of carbon
dividends and asked how it could fit into the governor's
proposed ideas of carbon offset funds.
MR. KENDALL replied that carbon offset funds and carbon
dividends could theoretically exist together and work with each
other.
11:30:37 AM
REPRESENTATIVE MCKAY opined that slide 5 proposed a de-facto
tariff on all imports from Russian and Chinese imports and asked
how carbon data was collected for Russian and Chinese carbon
footprints.
MR. KENDALL answered that there are many companies and
scientists who dedicate their professional lives to the accurate
monitoring of the carbon outputs of closed-off countries.
11:34:02 AM
REPRESENTATIVE PATKOTAK shared his understanding that the
proposed carbon dividend program would stimulate more domestic
oil and gas production in Alaska.
MR. KENDALL shared his agreement with Representative Patkotak
and spoke to the complex nature of managing economic activity in
a mixed rural-urban context.
11:43:00 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER asked Mr. Kendall if he had any thoughts
on the move towards renewables in Alaska.
MR. KENDALL explained how the progressive investment in
renewable energy in Alaska could coincide with a hypothetical
carbon dividend program.
11:48:07 AM
MR. KENDALL resumed the presentation on slide 9, which displayed
a graph that visualized the decline of carbon emissions if
carbon dividends were to be put into place. He moved through
slides 10-11, which highlighted comments of support from various
powerful members of the U.S. Congress & Federal Government and
continued to slide 12, which highlighted various business groups
that endorsed the carbon dividend solution. He moved through
slides 13-14, which displayed two tables that outlined public
survey results in the affirmative of support for the
implementation of carbon dividends as a solution to climate
change and skipped to slide 16, which displayed a bar graph that
highlighted U.S. voter concern for climate change as a policy
issue and continued to slide 17, which displayed two bar graphs
that highlighted the outsized support for carbon dividends in
Alaska, especially when paired alongside the continual Permanent
Fund Dividend (PFD) payment. He concluded the presentation on
slide 18, which displayed a bar graph that detailed various
components of an implementation plan for carbon dividends in
America.
12:00:14 PM
CHAIR HOPKINS thanked the presenter and delivered committee
announcements.
12:00:35 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Special Committee On Arctic Policy, Economic Development, and
Tourism meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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| AK Leg AFCD Presentation Feb 2022.pdf |
HAET 2/10/2022 11:00:00 AM |
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| Leveraging A Carbon Advantage - Summary.pdf |
HAET 2/10/2022 11:00:00 AM |
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| America's Carbon Advantage.pdf |
HAET 2/10/2022 11:00:00 AM |
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| Leveraging A Carbon Advantage - Key Findings.pdf |
HAET 2/10/2022 11:00:00 AM |