In an address to the state Legislature Tuesday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Russian aggression towards Ukraine shows importance of resource extraction in Alaska.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, delivers her annual speech to the Alaska Legislature in the chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Behind her are Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, and Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak. towards Ukraine to call for investment in resource extraction in Alaska to supplant oil and mineral imports from Russia and other foreign powers.
Murkowski said a full scale invasion of Russian forces in Ukraine could have “massive implications” for Alaska, given the state’s proximity to Russia’s eastern border. In her speech, she made the case for one of those implications to be increased natural resource extraction in Alaska. “You have got a real dilemma. Because as much as they want to say, ‘No, Putin, you cannot rearrange the global world order here,’ they need to keep their homes warm. They need the gas. They are extraordinarily vulnerable,” she said.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, shakes hands with state Sen. David Wilson, R-Wasilla, as she enters the chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 to deliver her annual speech to the Alaska Legislature. on seafood imports from the U.S., in place since 2014.
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