Opinion

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Opinion: The good, the bad, and the ugly in Alaska’s renewable energy bill

Things get messy when we get to the bill’s definition of renewable energy.

  • Mar 22, 2022
  • By Dyani Chapman
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Opinion: Ukraine offers teachable moment for the American electorate

This is a chance for America to stand up for some of what we claim to represent in the world.

  • Mar 19, 2022
  • By Jamison Paul
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Opinion: Building a friendlier world starts at home

We’re bound together by the history that gave birth to the freedoms that allow us to be different.

  • Mar 18, 2022
  • By Rich Moniak
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Opinion: Thinking outside the box on Juneau’s economy

Innovation, not stagnation, is the key.

  • Mar 17, 2022
  • By Win Gruening
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This December 2021 photo shows the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Glacier area proposal seems to benefit tourists more than locals

By Ken Post There’s a lot to chew on in the Forest Service’s draft environmental impact statement that allows even more commercial visitors at the… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2022
  • By Ken Post
This December 2021 photo shows the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
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Opinion: Price of oil and an election year could prompt reckless spending

Let’s hope a majority of legislators keep their hands down when the bidding opens.

  • Mar 16, 2022
  • By Larry Persily
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Opinion: As job vacancies linger, businesses need unemployment insurance reform

Both employers and workers deserve reforms to the unemployment system.

  • Mar 15, 2022
  • By Jeff Garness
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Opinion: Carbon footprint series hits tech snag, but video is available

Next event is March 23.

  • Mar 14, 2022
  • By Linda Kruger
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Opinion: Investing in clean energy is key to true energy independence

War in Ukraine intensifies the urgent need to end the era of global conflict over fossil fuels…

  • Mar 14, 2022
  • By Kay Brown and Kate Troll
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Opinion: Choosing Ukrainian aid over energy relief

I’ve got two problems with the energy check proposal.

  • Mar 12, 2022
  • By Rich Moniak
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Opinion: Sovereignty in the Digital Age

What is the risk of exempting Turo from taxation?

  • Mar 11, 2022
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Opinion: Oil, gas and the winds of war

The war in Ukraine is a grim reminder of how dependent we’ve become on fossil fuels.

  • Mar 11, 2022
  • By Doug Woodby
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Nancy Keen, right, Vivian Mork, Marvin Willard and Rosita Worl, left, protest outside the Dimond Courthouse as a court hearing between the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Department of Fish and Game on herring limits in Sitka Sound takes place inside on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Return stewardship of the herring to the people of Sheet’ka Kwaan

Once the herring are gone, they’re gone.

  • Mar 10, 2022
  • By K’asheetchlaa Louise Brady
Nancy Keen, right, Vivian Mork, Marvin Willard and Rosita Worl, left, protest outside the Dimond Courthouse as a court hearing between the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Department of Fish and Game on herring limits in Sitka Sound takes place inside on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to the Alaska State Legislature in February. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Opinion: I’m a longtime Democrat ready to support a Republican senator

She is willing to act in the interest of the country rather than marching lockstep with her party.

  • Mar 8, 2022
  • By Rodger Painter
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to the Alaska State Legislature in February. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
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Opinion: Russian saying offers insight into invasion of Ukraine

“Beat your friends, so your enemies will be scared of you.”

  • Mar 8, 2022
  • By Alexander B. Dolitsky
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Opinion: I’d take Babcock over Walker any day

“In the end, Walker is remembered by many for to many poor decisions…”

  • Mar 7, 2022
  • By Dan Carothers
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Opinion: Officials hide behind heartless rules while Ukraine burns

War is not politics.

  • Mar 4, 2022
  • By Rich Moniak
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Opinion: Bill would unfairly tax residents who use peer-to-peer car sharing platforms

Before it’s too late, I, along with the residents of Alaska, demand HB 90 be stopped.

  • Mar 4, 2022
  • By Thomas R. Daly
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Opnion: Cruise ships in Alaska need Ocean Rangers on deck

We all care about protecting our beautiful state and its resources

  • Mar 4, 2022
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The USCGC Healy, the Coast Guard’s only medium icebreaker, lies moored to the pier in Juneau as it returns to Seattle at the end of deployment, Oct. 27, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Russian ‘invasion’ of the Arctic Basin is a big problem

What Putin did in the Ukraine is only the beginning of his quest for power and territory.

  • Mar 3, 2022
  • By James Fritz
The USCGC Healy, the Coast Guard’s only medium icebreaker, lies moored to the pier in Juneau as it returns to Seattle at the end of deployment, Oct. 27, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)