…for the latest round of updates regarding the future of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Comments on proposed updates to bus parking, possible boats on the lake (diesel?), and whether or not renewable energy and climate issues will be addressed in the plans are due by March 19. Yes, this process has been ongoing for…
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Climate-change activists say you can’t fight global warming through individual actions. They’re wrong.
The following piece by Robert Frank of the Washington Post may be one that you can relate to. I certainly can! The peer pressure, or peer education, effects of our individual actions can be much much bigger than we expect it will be. And, much bigger than our individual action alone. Buying my Nissan Leaf…
Renewable Kodiak!
Watch a new video by ACEP’s chief storyteller, Amanda Byrd, on Kodiak Electric Association’s renewable energy resources. They serve approximately 6,000 customers, including the state’s first and only USDA-certified goat dairy! Kodiak Electric Association generates almost 100% of its energy via wind and hydro. Learn how flywheels and battery energy storage systems help balance the…
ALERT: Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Facility Public Session
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 5 – 7 pm Yup, that’s right. Tomorrow. Not next week, not much time to plan, just time enough to drop what you may already have planned and show up! Not much notice on this one folks, but after nearly a year of silence, tomorrow eve is possibly the last chance we’ll…
A new way to profit from ancient Alaskan forests—leave them standing
In selling the carbon rights to this land, Sealaska is forgoing potential logging fees: The value per acre of selling their trees is currently only about 10 percent of what could be raised from a timber sale. Still, even here, carbon credits hold certain advantages. Unlike logging, carbon credit sales leave the forest for trapping,…
‘All-Electric’ Movement Picks Up Speed, Catching Some Off Guard
Rob Jackson, a professor at Stanford University who leads the Global Carbon Project…said that “dozens for sure, likely hundreds” of jurisdictions would pass gas bans and pro-electric legislation this year… As cities across the nation embrace electric power as a cleaner alternative to natural gas, developers are scrambling to keep up. Source: ‘All-Electric’ Movement Picks…
The Hummer Is Coming Back — As An Electric Vehicle : NPR
Change is coming people. Change in a BIG way! In the early 2000s, the Hummer was a symbol of gas-guzzling militaristic excess. Now it’s getting revived as an electric pickup. It’s one sign of how much things have changed in the auto industry. “There is suddenly going to be a slew of electric trucks, almost…
Solar energy rises in Kake, testing local electric grid – KCAW
The rainforest of Southeast Alaska might seem like an unlikely place to find solar energy taking off. But that’s exactly what’s happening in Kake, and its causing complications for the town’s utility. Like many isolated towns, Kake gets power from diesel generators, and it’s not cheap. Dawn Jackson, Executive Director of the Organized Village of…
This small island is taking on a big problem — climate change.
Maine’s Mount Desert Island aims to go 100 percent renewable by 2030. From solar panels to bag bans, here’s how they’re making it happen. In Maine, some believe the solutions will come, not from laws, but from neighbors The power of the individual and the potential for very real and tangible change has not been…
COLD Weather Heat Pump TIPS
IT’S COLD OUT! Juneau is feeling some of the coldest days in over half a decade and with so many heat pumps buzzing away out there, we have been curious how they have been performing. The crew at Alaska HeatSmart conducted a recent survey recently and below we share some quick results and a smattering…