Sustainable North

From The New York Times, Wednesday, Februrary 3, 2010:
President Obama moved on Wednesday to bolster the nation’s production of corn-based ethanol and other alternative liquid fuels and ordered the rapid development of technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal.
The president is trying to expand the portfolio of American energy sources to [...]

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By CCHRC Staff home life.

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Q: Is there anything I need to be cautious about when plugging in my automobile?Q: I’ve seen that there are now roof shingles that are solar panels.While a wide range of solar technologies work in Alaska and other cold climates, photovoltaic roof shingles are still too new and [...]

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From The Associated Press, Tuesday, January 26, 2010:
The U.S. Department of Energy is adding Alaska to its Winds for Schools program.
The national grant program offers hands-on science education studying wind energy to children and college students.
Click here to read the full story.

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The Science for Alaska Lecture Series presents:
New Energy for Alaska Communites
Gwen Holdmann, Director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power for the University of Alaska
7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in the Westmark Gold Room, Fairbanks
Click here for more information.

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From The New York Times, Thursday, January 7, 2010:
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a stricter standard for smog-causing pollutants that would bring substantial health benefits to millions of Americans while imposing large costs on industry and local governments.
The standard would replace one set by the Bush administration in March 2008, which has been [...]

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By CCHRC Staff
The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy, and the many other parts of home life.
Q: What is a heat pump and can it work in Fairbanks?
A heat pump is a mechanical system that uses a series [...]

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From The Tundra Drums, Monday, December 21, 2009:
Two Western Alaska villages spinning power from small wind turbines say they’re saving thousands of dollars a year.
“I’m still amazed at what they’re doing,” said Gerald Kosbruk, president of the tribal government in Perryville on the southern Alaska Peninsula.
However, the head of the largest utility in rural Alaska, [...]

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ASK A BUILDER
By CCHRC Staff
The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life.
Q: Oftentimes, if you get an energy rating done, replacing the boiler is the top recommendation. Is it worth the money and effort?
Boilers [...]

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From Peninsula Clarion, Tuesday, November 24, 2009:
Kenai is doing more than any other city in the state in terms of encouraging wind turbine development within city limits, a leader in Alaska wind energy installation said.
On Nov. 4, the Kenai City Council passed an ordinance establishing the rules for building generators in the city. Nadia Daggett, [...]

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From The Associated Press, Wednesday, November 25, 2009:
The Cook Inlet Region corporation says it plans to go ahead with the Fire Island wind farm project, despite a split last month with a developer.
The Anchorage Native corporation told The Anchorage Daily News it could fund the $165 million project by itself and hopes to sign a [...]

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