Anchorage Press > GOP hopefuls take a tilt at Senator Murkowski and Congressman Young

Miller doesn’t believe in man-made global warming and opposes cap and trade legislation that’s likely to be in an upcoming comprehensive energy reform bill. He’s also concerned about what we pay other countries for hydrocarbon fuels. “We have extraordinary resources in this nation untapped,” he says. “From a regulatory perspective, we need to loosen things so we can extract more of the resources we have.” To accomplish this, he believes states should be fully in control of what they do with their land—and he thinks the nearly two-thirds of Alaska under federal title should be turned over to the state. “The endgame for limited constitutional government is extraordinary for the state of Alaska,” he says. “Alaska regaining title of its lands would mean exceptional wealth.”

Brooklyn: Why so hot in 1897?

Heat waves are not unique to these days of climate change. In the 19th century, Brooklyn was subjected to a “long term of unusually hot weather,” according to the Brooklyn Eagle in 1897. Not only were air conditioners in short supply then, but even electric fans. And tenements, without cross circulation, became unbearable in a hot Brooklyn summer.