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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: A lot of people are participating in the rebate program to make their home more energy efficient. I was under the impression that [...]
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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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