Sustainable North

From The Tundra Drums, Sunday, November 29, 2009:

For the Bethel region of Alaska, the heating fuel of the future might be a throwback to the past.

A business and organizations there, including Bethel’s city government, are increasingly turning to firewood in an effort to replace the costly heating fuel that often exceeds $6 a gallon.

They’re getting the wood any way they can get in the often treeless Southwest Alaska region.

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