The Juneau Police Department is warning of a street closure on Saturday for a rally on the steps of the Capitol Building.<\/p>\n
Fourth Street, between Main and Seward streets, will be closed to traffic between noon and 1 p.m. on Jan. 24, according to an information release from the police department.<\/p>\n
The 350 Juneau and Alaska Youth for Environmental Action will be holding a rally to protest the liquid natural gas pipeline proposal.<\/p>\n
The plans to construct an LNG pipeline are decades in the making, and the project is a cornerstone of the 2026 state Legislature.<\/p>\n
The push to build the $44-billion, 800 mile pipeline is led by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, an independent corporation of the state. The planned pipeline would tap into natural gas reserves on the North Slope and pump them through a pipeline to a liquefaction plant in Nikiski, south of Anchorage.<\/p>\n
The project took a major step toward construction when the state contracted Glenfarne Group as the lead developer for the project, which the Governor Mike Dunleavy said was a high point of 2025 for the state.<\/p>\n
LNG is expected to take center stage in the state Legislature, with Dunleavy saying he intends to introduce a bill to offer property tax cuts for the project to incentivize development.<\/p>\n
Proponents of the project say that it will boost Alaska’s economy, making the state more competitive in Asian fuel markets. Opponents say the project will contribute substantially to carbon emissions, and destroy natural land across many habitats of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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