From US DOE, Monday, August 20, 2010:
Last week as part of Vice President Biden’s announcement of 200,000 homes weatherized under the Recovery act, we asked you to send us your questions and comments about the weatherization process. Today, we’re following up with answers experts from the Department’s Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program:
1) From edmooney via Twitter: [...]
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DOE Answers Your Weatherization Questions
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Category: Energy, Information
Delusions Abound on Energy Savings, Study Says
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments
From NYTimes.com, Wednesday, August 18, 2010:
When it comes to saving energy, many Americans seem to get it — and at the same time they don’t get it at all.
That’s the takeaway from a new study by researchers from Columbia University, Ohio State University and Carnegie Mellon University who found that people are far more likely [...]
Category: Energy, Information · Sustainable Living
Finding energy at the ballot box
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments
From The Tundra Drums, Friday, August 20, 2010:
If Alaskans aren’t at a crossroads politically, we’re drawing close. Most all candidates running for statewide offices this year have given due time to talk about the state’s energy future, since we’ve been living off of our energy past for so long and change is coming. A dwindling [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Legislation and Policy · Northern Living · Sustainable Living
Dry wood is good wood
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments
From The Alaska Science Forum, Sunday, August 15, 2010:
A friend says that among his most satisfying moments are those he stands contemplating his pile of firewood. He inhales the sweetness of birch, the tang of aspen and the sharp bite of spruce while he ponders the moisture wafting out of his wood.
My friend knows how [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Information · Northern Living
Energy Funds Went Unspent, U.S. Auditor Says
August 13th, 2010 · No Comments
From The New York Times, Friday, August 13, 2010:
The recession is lingering, and so is the unspent stimulus money that was meant to help end it.
The latest example is the $3.2 billion that Congress voted in February 2009 as part of an economic stimulus package to simultaneously provide jobs and improve energy efficiency through block [...]
Category: Energy, Information · Legislation and Policy · PORTAL · Sustainable Living
Fairbanks borough begins its wood stove trade-in program
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, August 2, 2010:
The borough began taking applications last week for its wood stove repair and replacement program.
“The program is up and operational,” air quality director Glenn Miller said.
Applications are available at the borough air quality office on Peger Road.
The program is still evolving, and applications won’t be available on [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Information · Legislation and Policy · Northern Living · PORTAL
Fairbanks Borough Assembly gives it approval to plan to truck liquefied gas
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Friday, July 30, 2010:
The Borough Assembly passed a resolution approving the port authority’s plan to purchase Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC and launch a natural gas trucking operation.
A separate measure calling for a public vote on the plan narrowly failed.
The $250 million project now goes before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
“People [...]
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Criticism mounts for call to truck liquefied natural gas to Fairbanks
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
From The Fairbanks Daily Newsminer, Thursday, July 29, 2010:
A plan to transfer Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC from private to public ownership and truck liquefied natural gas to Fairbanks from the North Slope is doomed, according to an Alaska Gasline Port Authority board member.
Board member Merrick Peirce wrote in an e-mail that the assumption behind the [...]
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Borough Assembly member wants public vote on whether to truck liquefied natural gas to Fairbanks
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments
From The Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Saturday, July 10, 2010:
Assemblyman Guy Sattley has drafted an ordinance requiring a public vote on the plan to truck liquefied natural gas to Fairbanks, but Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins said delaying the $250 million project is risky.
“If we stretch this timeline out,” Hopkins said Thursday at a Borough Assembly [...]
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Begich on the need for a comprehensive energy plan
July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
Category: Energy, Information · Legislation and Policy
