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The federal Department of Energy has awarded a half-million-dollar grant to help the Fairbanks-based Cold Climate Housing Research Center develop energy-efficient housing for low- to-middle income people around the Interior.
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks last month. The agency says tests show the fire consumed nearly all of the 4,700 gallons of fuel on board.
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The Army Corps of Engineers hopes to start next month on the decommissioning and dismantling of a long-mothballed 1960s-era nuclear power plant on Fort Greely. The project has been on hold for the last year due to a protest filed by an unsuccessful project bidder.
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A Fairbanks-based environmental group will hold a rally this afternoon just before Golden Valley Electric Association’s annual meeting at Lathrop High School’s Hering Auditorium. The Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition plans to commend Golden Valley for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and urge it to do more.
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The community group, Solarize Fairbanks, is trying to get home and business owners to take advantage of discounts and a 30 percent tax break. For the first time, the program is open to anyone in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, and there are some services for the rest of the Interior.
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The Alaska Energy Authority has recommended that the state provide more than $25 million to help develop 27 proposed renewable-energy projects around the state. They include a Golden Valley Electric Association request for funding for meteorological studies around Murphy Dome, where a developer is considering building a large-scale wind farm.
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NewsThe federal Environmental Protection Agency has fined the owner of the Pogo gold mine $600,000 for improperly storing, treating and disposing of nearly 365,000 tons of hazardous materials into the mine near Delta Junction.
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For some reason, people who recreate in public outdoor spaces are disproportionately white. Folks in the UAF Department of Natural Resources & Environment want to learn more about this by hearing from communities of color.
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Fairbanks-based Golden Valley Electric Association is working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a plan to shut down one of the state’s last coal-fired power plants. The utility will replace Healy Unit 2 with wind power to reduce the co-op’s reliance on price-volatile fossil fuels, which generate 90 percent of its electricity. The goal is to stabilize and reduce rates that are among the highest in the country.
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation is asking for public comments on new regulations for siting small nuclear reactors, like the one the military plans to set up at Eielson Air Force Base to generate electricity.
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The U.S. Army is proposing to replace Fort Wainwright’s coal-fired heat and power plant with natural-gas fired boilers installed around the post. The Army must replace the 65-year-old power plant because it’s unreliable and becoming prohibitively expensive to operate.
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The utility that feeds natural gas to 2,000 customers in the Interior has decided to change sellers in a move to stabilize the supply. At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the board of the Interior Gas Utility voted to buy natural gas from Hilcorp North Slope, LLC and have it trucked down from the North Slope. It would be the first commercialization of North Slope gas.