Survey Series: Gubernatorial Candidates Evaluate Climate Change Consensus By Nathaniel Herz It’s been seven months since the remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed into Western Alaska’s coastline, causing widespread infrastructure damage, nearly destroying two villages, and leaving one person dead and two missing. The storm is the latest in a series that have harshly affected rural Alaska, and experts say that the state needs to prepare for more as the climate continues warming— and for other threats to infrastructure that stem from hazards like thawing permafrost and melting sea ice. In this week’s gubernatorial candidate survey, we ask candidates about climate change. We also find out who they’d invite to dinner if they could choose any guest, living or dead. Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Adam Crum, Treg Taylor, Nancy Dahlstrom and Edna DeVries either did not respond or said they could not respond to this edition’s questions due to time constraints; we sent them multiple requests. Question 1: Climate Change Do you believe in the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial activity are the main drivers of climate change? Why, or why not? Either way, how should Alaska state government respond to long-term climate-related trends that are threatening communities and infrastructure, like thawing permafrost and increasingly severe storms? Question 2: Dinner Guests If you could eat dinner with any figure from history, living or dead, who would you choose, and why? Read the candidates' answers with link in reply! @Alaskans4Hughes @TomBegich4AK @ClamanMatt @jktforak @Click4Governor @Alaska4Bronson @MattHeilala4Gov @IPCC_CH