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Study: Unhealthy air in Fairbanks linked to rise in hospital visits

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, August 31, 2010:

Hospital visits for heart disease, stroke and lung afflictions in Fairbanks rise as the air quality deteriorates, according to new study by the state of Alaska.
A researcher with the state Section of Epidemiology combed over five years of records at the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. She found that [...]

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E.P.A. Cracks Down on Cement Pollution

August 10th, 2010 · No Comments

From The New York Times, Tuesday, August 10, 2010:
Congress focuses on whether the Environmental Protection Agency should go where no federal regulators have gone before and regulate greenhouse gases. But the agency did something more prosaic on Monday, albeit something it has not done effectively for the last 15 years or so: it put more [...]

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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 [...]

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Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Information · Legislation and Policy · Northern Living · PORTAL
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Heating debate for Fairbanks’ wood stoves nears decision

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, August 2, 2010:

The Borough Clerk last week compiled ballot language for the home heating initiative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough voters on Oct. 5 will be asked to vote yes or no on the following statement: “The borough shall not ban, prohibit, or fine residents for the use of home heating [...]

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Study finds more Fairbanks borough homes keep warm by burning wood than in 2006

July 13th, 2010 · No Comments

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, July 13, 2010:

The number of people who heat with wood in the Fairbanks North Star Borough is slowly rising, a new study shows.
Researchers called 300 area households last winter and asked a series of questions, mostly regarding home heating habits.
They found the number of borough households using wood heat [...]

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Alaska Railroad takes steps to reduce coal dust

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments

From The Associated Press, Friday, July 9, 2010:

The Alaska Railroad Corp. is taking steps to reduce coal dust that for years has dirtied the scenic tourist town of Seward.

The railroad and Aurora Energy Services have reached an agreement with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to install measures to control the coal dust that residents [...]

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Fairbanks wood stove ballot question approved

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, July 10, 2010:

A ballot group succeeded in gaining the signatures to put a question to the Fairbanks area voters that, if approved, would reverse new air pollution regulations.
A Fairbanks North Star Borough canvassing board approved the signatures last week.
The question about whether the borough should be allowed to regulate [...]

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Housing researchers look for the best way to keep Interior Alaska walls dry

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, June 5, 2010:

Everyone in Fairbanks knows summer is when the ground thaws and your bones warm. But it’s also the season when your walls dry by shedding moisture deposited in the wall cavity during the winter. When walls warm in the sun, built-up water vapor wants to go back [...]

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Interior Alaska group can challenge wood stove regulations

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, June 26, 2010:

A local group opposed to a new borough ordinance that regulates the sale, installation and use of wood and coal stoves, has gathered enough signatures to challenge the ordinance.
North Star Landowners, sponsors of The Home Heating Protection Act, gathered more than 3,000 signatures for the petition, according [...]

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Waste Anchorage grease turned into biodiesel

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments

From The Associated Press, Friday, June 18, 2010:

The Anchorage area’s private trash hauler, Alaska Waste, is picking up used food-frying oil and has started turning it into biodiesel to power its trucks.
The company showed off its new $3 million plant Thursday in south Anchorage where it turned out its first batch of biodiesel last week.
Alaska [...]

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