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...consumption?Why can't we invest in mass transit, in increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and in renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy? Or in modernizing our electrical grid? The high income countries of Europe use...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-12-28
Not For Web
Kenai students take advanced engineering classes

...Engineering and Digital Electronics will spend the next year building increasingly complex circuits, building renewable energy sources, testing the tensile strength of everyday objects, learning what it takes to be an engineer.Edwards said...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-10-15/kenai-students-take-advanced-engineerin
State
Amid deficit gloom, some states enjoy budget surpluses that allow investment in roads, schools

...billion, 700-foot high Susitna River dam would help meet Alaska's goal of getting half its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025, plus help meet the energy demands of the state's most populous region.The state also plans to spend...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-11-06/amid-deficit-gloom-some-states-enjoy-bu
State
Pro: Strategy is sabotaging an economic recovery

...stimulate employment. But his jobs-creation policy lacks direction and focus, based largely on blind faith in renewable energy sources and a childish trust in the good intentions of solar energy companies.Putting off a decision on the Keystone...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-01-13/pro-strategy-sabotaging-economic-reco
Opinion
Assembly members present bleak economic outlook

...suggested the city look at ways to cut consumption of fuel oil and look into reimbursement grants for converting to renewable energy sources. Another said the city also needs to take a closer look at energy conservation when they build new projects...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-12-09/assembly-members-present-bleak-economic
Local
Con: Higher oil prices prod consumers toward green energies of the future

...efficient vehicles and driving only as much as necessary. We also can support a necessary transition over time to renewable energy sources to power our vehicles.? Kraft is a professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-02-03/con-higher-oil-proces-prod-consumers-
Opinion
Alaska plans to pursue major $4.5 billion dam project; would be highest built in US in decades

...between Anchorage and Fairbanks, would help meet Alaska's goal of having half its electricity generated from renewable energy sources by 2025. Parnell said the project would generate about 2.6 million megawatt hours of electricity a year...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-25/alaska-plans-pursue-major-45-billion-da
State
New dorm at University of Alaska Fairbanks will allow students to act as efficiency researchers

...project to break even, she said. The project's design is still being debated. Planners want to incorporate renewable energy sources like solar, wind and biomass with new approaches toward gray-water recycling and waste management.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-08-20/new-dorm-university-alaska-fairbanks-wi
State
Mark Udall, son of Alaska conservation icon, carries legacy

...on a 2004 initiative that made Colorado the first to require utilities to get a set amount of electricity from renewable energy sources. "Mark is a collaborator and that's the way you get things done," Spradley said. His collaboration with...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061206/sta_20060612030.shtml
News
Environmental reasons for Gustavus hydro plant

...annually. Global climate change is one of the most important long term issues for mankind. We need to substitute renewable energy sources wherever there are not overriding environmental disadvantages. I would not advocate a hydropower dam in the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091004/let_letter2.shtml
Opinion

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