Renewable Juneau’s 2023 Assembly Candidate Questionnaire is Here!

Renewable Juneau recently presented a series of local, current, and relevant renewable energy and climate policy questions to this fall’s BIG slate of assembly candidates. We offer our sincere thanks to those candidates who took the time from their busy schedule’s to share their thoughts, opinions, and concerns on these important community issues. All answers…

2022 CBJ Candidate Renewable Energy Survey

Renewable Juneau’s 2022 assembly candidate survey is here! Renewable Juneau recently presented a series of renewable energy and climate policy questions to this fall’s slate of assembly candidates. We offer our sincere thanks to those candidates who took the time from their busy schedule’s to share their thoughts, opinions, and concerns on these important community…

Inflation Reduction Act: WOW!

Yes…there are and will be a bazillion news pieces on the passage of this FAT climate and energy package. And, there should be! THIS IS SO OVERDUE! The Canary Media article linked below is a good one and features a nice list of links to other resources chock full of info and answers. Still, there…

Juneau Climate Report Just Out!

After many, many months of work, the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center and the University of Alaska Southeast are excited to announce the completion of their comprehensive report on Juneau and climate change. The report “is designed as a living document to inform the community, decision makers, and academics and to serve as a learning and…

Heat Pumps for Peace and Freedom

Yeah…kind of a funny article title, but tell me when the last time you found Bill McKibben to be wrong? Joe Biden Could Damage Putin Badly–and He Doesn’t Have to Ask Joe Manchin It’s widely known that switching home heating from a fossil fuel system to an electric one can remove fuel cost volatility from…

Key Moment for Dock Electrification – Part 2

Renewable Juneau would like to offer our initial impressions of the draft dock electrification study which will come before the Juneau Assembly at Monday’s Committee of the Whole. The draft report provides a lot of information. It’s going to take a while to digest. But, we strongly support the draft’s recommendation that construction proceed to…