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Hollis French

Hollis French

Hollis French is a former Alaska state senator (2002-2014) and a former commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (2016-2019).

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A snow-covered Alaska is seen from space in this November 2001 photo from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on a NASA satellite. (NASA/GSFC photo)

Alaska’s environmental standards are not some of the best

By: and - February 3, 2023

Readers of the Alaska Beacon know that Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s tough remarks about flaring made during his State of the State speech were basically nothing but hot air.  This seems to be a pattern.  In a recent op-ed Dunleavy promised that Alaska has “some of the toughest environmental standards in the world,” but offered no […]