Global Warming

Alaska is truly ground zero for global warming. All you have to do is look at the shrinking polar ice cap and the devastating effects it’s having on our rural communities to know we have to do something. We feel the impacts of climate change more than any place else in the world. Alaskans have a responsibility to lead the way in developing solutions to global warming to protect the magnificent natural resources around us and to ensure that future generations do not inherit a drastically altered Alaska. The solutions will not only help protect our environment, but will save money and bolster our economy. Mark was the first Alaska mayor to join the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection initiative, which now includes 800 cities. Anchorage is saving taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars through policies such as replacing street lights with LED lights, shutting down city computers when not in use and harnessing methane gas from the city landfill. Mark will push similar policies at the national level.

Read Mark's Huffington Post op-ed on global warming and smart energy policy.