Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s bill to raise revenue from carbon offsets on state land has advanced in the state Senate, with leadership signaling support that the measure could pass this year.
to the House Finance Committee on Wednesday, administration officials presented several potential revenue scenarios from credits on state forested land, including one scenario that could raise roughly $260 million over the next 40 years — or $6.5 million per year.
State forests would not be eligible for leasing to third parties, but the state could create its own programs to sell credits. Haines State Forest and Tanana State Forest were flagged in Wednesday’s presentation as options for carbon offsets because of the trees’ “tremendous ability to store carbon,” Miller said. But there are ideas for other potential projects.to hire a consultant to study the governor’s carbon proposals before approving them, but that idea has been partly scrapped.
The House advanced both of the governor’s carbon bills to the finance committee in March, but the Senate had been more lukewarm on both proposals — particularly the plan to store carbon underground.
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