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CBJ launches sustainability website

...steps outlined have to do with disseminating and sharing information and tactics that could help cut the city's energy consumption. It also mentions buying a hybrid-electric bus for the city's downtown public transportation and updating the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-30/cbj-launches-sustainability-website
Local
North Pole company abandons gas trucking plan

...according to Thursday's Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.The refinery has taken steps in the past year to reduce its energy consumption. Those steps included installation of a new heat-recovery system at the facility and the shutting down of one...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-22/north-pole-company-abandons-gas-truckin
State

...countries - some much poorer than us - have trains that can make such a trip in about the same time and with much less energy consumption?Why can't we invest in mass transit, in increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and in renewable energy...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-12-28
Not For Web
Alaska's North Slope and LNG: North America's energy bridge to Asia

...dynamics arises from its need to secure diversified fuel choices and sources. Disproportionate amount of current Asian energy consumption is concentrated in greenhouse gas-intensive coal and oil-based sources-an environmentally unsustainable proposition...

http://juneauempire.com/node/26281
Opinion
Brad Fluetsch

...both property and sales tax bases. Attracting private sector investment also builds tax base. Converting city energy consumption to hydroelectricity dramatically stabilizes the city's future energy expenses. If cuts become necessary, I favor...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-25/brad-fluetsch
Local
JSD celebrates energy savings

...it's the right thing to do."Schwartz tracks energy consumption - including electricity, water, sewer, and fuel...organizational change that substantially reduces energy consumption without the purchase of new equipment. The program...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-03/jsd-celebrates-energy-savings
Local
Climate is right for action on climate change

...emissions by 25 percent by 2032 is tied to reducing fuel consumption in the transportation sectors and reducing energy consumption in our residential and commercial buildings, all of which will save the city and residents millions over the years...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-11-06/climate-right-action-climate-change
Outdoors
Chenault updates Chamber about session so far

...burned to move buses and heat schools eats up the funds allocated to classrooms. Addressing core problems like energy consumption could open up school budgets to other expenditures.Don't expect Alaska's new legislative districts to change...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-03-02/chenault-updates-chamber-about-session-
Local
Assembly reviews Climate Action Plan

...owners and government to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases. The...community-wide reduction in energy consumption of 20 percent by 2012, and...reduction of city government energy consumption. It also called for a Climate...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-01/assembly-reviews-climate-action-plan
Local
Sustainable architecture grows in Juneau

...would have responded to requests for "net zero energy consumption" and "sustainable resource use" with blank stares...buildings currently account for 50 percent of energy consumption in the U.S. By comparison, transportation...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/103110/nei_728794467.shtml
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