Gov. Mike Dunleavy held a news conference to discuss the future of energy in Alaska in Anchorage on January 6, 2025.
“She and we believe that there is some tremendous opportunity to highlight Alaska to investors worldwide, at a worldwide conference. That’s the reason we are going over to Dubai,” Dunleavy said during a press conference in which he discussed the state’s energy supply earlier this week.to host a reception for Dunleavy on Monday. According to the council, Dunleavy is “leading a delegation from Alaska to the UAE to discuss Alaska’s wealth of resources and exports, including critical minerals.
“A lot of the investors told me they thought Alaska was kind of closed,” Dunleavy said. “ that the environmentalists had basically shut it off and created an environment that was unstable for investment.”Dunleavy said that the cost for the trip to UAE — which is set to include representatives from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., the Department of Natural Resources and the Alaska Energy Authority — could be around $75,000 in travel expenses.