Action Alert: Tell the Legislature to Protect Alaskans. No public subsidies for AK LNG!
Take Action Today:
AK LNG developers are keeping project details secret, but asking Alaskans to give subsidies worth billions of dollars — with no assurances the project would benefit Alaskans at all.
Take action this week and tell the House and Senate resources committees not to set Alaskan communities up to subsidize this corporate megaproject with rushed legislation. Their role is to protect Alaskans, not promote a pipedream.
Submit written comments to House.Resources@akleg.gov (House Bill 381), and Senate.Resources@akleg.gov (Senate Bill 280) now.
Public transparency, not project subsidies
Though reworked versions of the Governor’s terrible LNG subsidy legislation (HB 381 and SB 280) would offer Alaskans some small assurances the original bill ignored — like more meaningful volumetric tax rates and an attempt to ensure corporate taxes are paid — that’s nowhere near good enough.
Communities along the pipeline route would experience immediate, severe impacts during construction of this project, from public safety concerns with the influx of workers, to overtaxing public health and emergency services, schools, housing, and damaging roads.
The Senate Resources version of the bill attempts to address construction impacts using an outdated $800 million figure from the 2015 BP, Exxon, ConocoPhillips version of the AK LNG project. What that really illustrates is the scale of expected impacts to communities, and how little regard the Governor’s property tax bill showed Alaskans.
Legislators are asking Glenfarne, AGDC, and the Governor’s representatives direct questions, but every question they’ve asked has only raised new ones.
Talking Points:
The project’s cheerleaders and developers continue to ask for subsidies based on construction cost estimates that literally no one believes are real. So why is the legislature rushing to make huge financial decisions based on assumptions and speculation?
Glenfarne and AGDC recently told the legislature they wouldn’t even have a full estimate for project costs until mid-2027. Why are they asking Alaskans for subsidies without proof of what is actually needed?
Why is the legislature considering subsidies for this project at all when Glenfarne and AGDC continue to withhold essential information from the public? Alaskans should not be subsidizing this project, period.
It’s heartening that several legislators on the Senate Resources Committee have said their priority is protecting Alaskans’ best interests today and for generations to come. That means demanding transparency — contracts and cost estimates — from Glenfarne and AGDC, not giving subsidies. It means refusing to move this legislation forward.
Tell legislators not to reward corporate secrecy today.
There is also an opportunity in the Senate Resources committee to give public testimony this week at 3:30 PM on Friday, 5/1. Call 907-465-4648 and legislative staff can give you information on how to call in!
