WHEREAS, Alaska is filled with more sustainable energy potential than nearly any place on earth. That potential includes generation from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro, tidal, biomass, geothermal, and hydrogen sources, but it also includes nuclear, oil, natural gas, coal , and carbon capture technologies as well as energy storage; and
WHEREAS, energy security is national security and Alaska is home to 51 of the 54 critical minerals identified by the United States Department of the Interior , including graphite, cobalt, rare earths, zinc, copper, and silver that can help boost a resilient power grid, advancing technologies, and battery storage to build a secure domestic supply chain with high-paying jobs for Americans; and
WHEREAS, in January 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential, which directs the federal government to facilitate and expedite energy development in Alaska – including advancing the permitting and leasing of resource projects, prioritizing the development of Alaska’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) potential, and ending unnecessary restrictions on energy development on federal lands such as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and
WHEREAS, the Alaska LNG Project has entered a definitive agreement with the private sector for development of an 807-mile pipeline, liquefaction facility and a carbon removal and sequestration plant. The project, which is the only fully permitted export project on the U.S. West Coast, is among the lowest carbon impact projects on the planet, and will lower energy costs and improve air quality for Alaskans, while providing energy security for decades to our Pacific allies; and
WHEREAS, more than 1,400 people – including U.S. Cabinet officials and international delegations from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, India and the United Arab Emirates – joined the fourth annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in June 2025 hosted by the State of Alaska. The conference highlighted Alaska’s unmatched opportunities in the global energy landscape and fostered robust discussions across the entire energy spectrum.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Mike Dunleavy, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALASKA, do hereby proclaim September 15-19, 2025, as:
Alaska Clean Energy Week
throughout the State of Alaska, and encourage all Alaskans, local governments, corporations, and small businesses to support common sense solutions to develop sustainable energy for our future.
Dated: September 15, 2025
