Nick Begich: Environment Highlights

  • Despite opposing trawling and refusing to accept funds from trawling fleets, Begich accepted $5,000 from pro-trawling entities in 2022.
    • Begich accepted $1,500 from Groundfish Forum, who operated 19 Trawl Vessels.
    • Begich accepted $1,000 from Tood Loomis, who opposed Peltola’s Bottom Trawl Clarity Act.
  • Begich condemned the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which protected Alaska’s subsistence lands.
    • Begich supported releasing more of Alaska’s land to the state from federal control.
    • Begich accepted thousands of dollars from donors employed in the construction, development, and real estate industries.
  • Begich supported eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Begich supported the overturn of Chevron Deference, which would make it easier for Alaskan companies to develop resource extractive industries.
  • Begich opposed protections for national forests from roadbuilding and logging.
  • Begich claimed international organizations were trying to “politicize scientific issues” in relation to climate change.
    • Begich alleged China and India were the largest beneficiaries of these efforts.

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