NORTH TO THE FUTURE: ALASKANS ENCOUNTER THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Cook Inlet Historical Society 2018-2019 Lecture Series
“Gov. Walter ‘Wally’ Hickel [center], Representative Ted Stevens [left], Senator Carl Brady [second from right] & others (oil men),” January 14, 1967. B1990-014-5-Pol-16-10; Steve McCutcheon; Steve McCutcheon Collection; Anchorage Museum.
Thursday, October 18, 2018, 7:00 pm
Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St. (enter through 121 W. 7th Ave. entrance)
Speaker: Kate Troll
Topic: The Ebb and Flow of Alaska’s Environmental Policy and Moving Beyond Oil
Using laws passed in 1990 as the high mark, Kate Troll will provide an insider’s view of the roller coaster ride that environmental protection has been in the State of Alaska. The roller coaster ride continues to this day as exemplified in the dueling Stand for Salmon and Stand for Alaska campaigns. Ms. Troll in her historical overview will explore the role of gubernatorial leadership and outside events in shaping Alaska’s overall track record on environmental and habitat protection measures. Then shifting gears, Ms. Troll will explore the open question of whether or not Alaska is capable of moving beyond a notable economic dependence on oil and gas. The context for exploring this question will be global climate change and the growing clean energy economy.
Kate Troll has over 22 years of experience as an advocate for resource protection. She was appointed by Governor Palin to serve on the Alaska Climate Mitigation Advisory Board and participated in Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2008 Global Climate Summit. She is former executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska, Southeast Seiners, Alaska Conservation Alliance, and Conservation Voters. She regularly contributes to the Anchorage Daily News and Juneau Empire. Ms. Troll recently published a creative non-fiction entitled, The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled World. She has served on the Juneau-Douglas Borough Assembly and the Ketchikan Borough Assembly.
Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St. (enter through 121 W. 7th Ave. entrance)
Speaker: Kate Troll
Topic: The Ebb and Flow of Alaska’s Environmental Policy and Moving Beyond Oil
Using laws passed in 1990 as the high mark, Kate Troll will provide an insider’s view of the roller coaster ride that environmental protection has been in the State of Alaska. The roller coaster ride continues to this day as exemplified in the dueling Stand for Salmon and Stand for Alaska campaigns. Ms. Troll in her historical overview will explore the role of gubernatorial leadership and outside events in shaping Alaska’s overall track record on environmental and habitat protection measures. Then shifting gears, Ms. Troll will explore the open question of whether or not Alaska is capable of moving beyond a notable economic dependence on oil and gas. The context for exploring this question will be global climate change and the growing clean energy economy.
Kate Troll has over 22 years of experience as an advocate for resource protection. She was appointed by Governor Palin to serve on the Alaska Climate Mitigation Advisory Board and participated in Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2008 Global Climate Summit. She is former executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska, Southeast Seiners, Alaska Conservation Alliance, and Conservation Voters. She regularly contributes to the Anchorage Daily News and Juneau Empire. Ms. Troll recently published a creative non-fiction entitled, The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled World. She has served on the Juneau-Douglas Borough Assembly and the Ketchikan Borough Assembly.
