Climate change roundtable puts Alaska contradictions on full display

John Hopson, Jr., (r) of Wainright and Rand Hagenstein (l) of The Nature Conservancy joined representatives from oil and gas, mining, environmental groups and local communities at the Walker administration’s climate change round table in Anchorage on Oct. 4, 2017. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
A downtown Anchorage conference room hosted an unusual meeting Wednesday, as Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott gathered a cross-section of Alaskans to brainstorm paths forward on climate