Sustainable North

From the Fairbanks Daily Newminer June 30, 08
Hundreds of researchers are in Fairbanks this week to get the real dirt on permafrost.
The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost officially began Sunday at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Held every five years, the conference attracts about 600 participants from more than two dozen countries. The participants will [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 30, 08
Paula and George Hatchman rode a shuttle bus into Denali National Park this month. When the bus driver announced their arrival at the new Eielson Visitor Center, they wondered if he was joking.
“You wouldn’t even know it was here,” said the visitor from Australia. “It just blends with [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 27, 08
With a little help from the state, Golden Valley Electric Association is looking to cut back on fossil fuels and start making hot water and power from the sun, the wind and the Nenana River current.
The Alaska Energy Authority, a public corporation of the state, this week gave [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 25, 2008.
FAIRBANKS — Borough Mayor Jim Whitaker has asked the Borough Assembly to extend a declared energy emergency and waive public-spending rules for a 2-month-old energy-emergency fund.
Whitaker said Thursday the cost of energy, which borough officials estimate has more than doubled on a per-household level in Fairbanks since 2003, [...]

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From the Alaska Newsreader June 24, 2008
 Wherever you turn in Alaska today, people are talking about the high price of energy, whether it’s gas for the car or heating oil for the stove or kilowatt-hours for the lights. Today’s Newsreader pulls from all corners of Alaska to illuminate how widespread the concern, how real the [...]

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From the Anchorage Daily News June 24, 2008.

According to university researchers, the poorest families in Alaska’s most remote towns and villages are expected to spend more than 40 cents out of every dollar they make on power and heat in the coming year.

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From the Atlanta Business Chronicle June 24, 2008
The Home Depot Inc. has started a national program to help people recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs at all of its 1,973 U.S. stores.
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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 24, 2008.
As part of a short-term energy relief program, Gov. Sarah Palin is proposing to give every Alaskan $1,200 this year to help with energy costs. But state lawmakers and the governor have already approved $300 million in funding for a pair of state programs offering home weatherization services [...]

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Title: CCHRC Tour
Location: Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Description: Weekly tour of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Start Time: 2:00
Date: June 26,  2008
End Time: 3:30

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From the Anchorage Daily News June 22, 2008

PALMER — Two bucks a gallon to make your own biodiesel sounds like a bargain compared to $5 to pump a gallon of gas or heating oil. But operating a processing plant in your garage might be more of a hobby than you’re willing to take on.

Sandi [...]

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