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Zombie Fires Fuel & Are Fueled By Climate Change

May 23, 2021 admin alaska, alaskan fires, arctic fires, arctic forests, boreal forests, California, climate change, drought, extreme hurricanes, fires, Flooding, heat waves, research, SCIENCE, universiteit amsterdam, wild fires, Wildfires, zombie fires, zombie forest fires

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 03:41:00 +0000

As if drought, flooding, extreme hurricanes, and deadly heat waves weren’t enough, climate change could make zombie forest fires more common, scientists say. Research published Wednesday in Nature found zombie fires — wildfires in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, so-called because they continue to smolder under winter snows and reignite once the snow melts — are becoming more common as global temperatures rise due to humans’ extraction and […]

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Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP mishandled cruise ship issue from Day 1

May 21, 2021 admin alaska, British Columbia, british columbia politics, canada place, columnists, opinión, politics, Tourism, vancouver, vaughn palmer, victoria

Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:46 +0000

Opinion: By refusing to talk to Alaska about ways to restore cruise ship runs without changing the law, B.C. faces the risk of losing the business for good

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Alaska Railroad Gambling Diversion Now Part Of Climate Record

May 6, 2021 admin Agriculture, alaska, alaska center for climate assessment and policy at the university of alaska at fairbanks, alaska railroad engineers, alaskan climate record, climate change, nenana, research, SCIENCE, tanana river

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 11:00:06 +0000

A tradition begun more than a century ago is now an important part of the Alaskan climate record — and it shows spring river melt is happening earlier, Reuters reports. On Friday, April 30, at 12:50 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, the ice on the Tanana River in the Alaska community of Nenana melted enough to […]

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Remote Communities Partner with DOE Experts & National Labs to Adopt Clean Energy Solutions that Reduce Energy Costs & Power Disruptions

April 23, 2021 admin alaska, alaska longline fisherman’s association (alfa), clean energy solutions, clean power, communities, community solar, dillingham, eastport, energy infrastructure, etipp, grid, Hawaii, Honolulu, island communities, islesboro, kauai, maine, nags head, North Carolina, ocracoke island, ouzinkie, policy & politics, sitka, Solar energy, wainwright, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:16:52 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will work with 11 remote and island communities around the United States and provide federal assistance to bolster their energy infrastructure, reduce the risk of outages, and improve their future energy and economic outlook. Due to their geographic isolation, remote coastal and island […]

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Even In Frigid Temperatures In Alaska, Air-Source Heat Pumps Keep Homes Warm

March 13, 2021 admin air source heat pumps, alaska, alaska coastline, buildings, consumer technology, energy efficiency, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 01:13:59 +0000

By Molly Rettig When the north wind blows into Dillingham in the middle of winter, it can plunge well past 15 degrees below zero F on the remote strip of Alaska’s southern coast. On these days, the oil heaters in many of the homes have to run pretty much nonstop to keep people warm. As […]

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Renewable Energy & EVs Are Slowly Happening in Rural Alaska

February 26, 2021 admin alaska, cars, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:05:39 +0000

In a previous article, I detailed the process I went through figuring out how to include Alaska in our EV charging station plan for the Biden Administration. After talking with people in Alaska, I figured out pretty quick that there are three very different kinds of Alaska to consider. The first category: Alaska’s larger cities […]

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The Unique Challenges Of Expanding EV Charging In Alaska

February 10, 2021 admin alaska, alaska highway, Canada, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, policy & politics, recharge alaska

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 20:05:12 +0000

While working on our plan for EV charging for the Biden Administration, I’ve been getting a lot of feedback from readers. One of our readers is Kris Hall, the founder of Recharge Alaska, an organization dedicated to bringing more charging stations to the state. Between his research (which is extensive), local knowledge he shared in […]

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B.C. man who helped stranded U.S. family rewarded with new car, peanuts

February 5, 2021 admin alaska, British Columbia, covid-19, local news

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:47:04 +0000

Gary Bath, a Canadian ranger and military veteran in Fort St. John, helped Lynn Marchessault and her family after they were stranded in a November snowstorm on their way to join her husband.

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Where Can You Go In An EV With 1000 Miles Of Range, Like The Aptera? (Part 2)

February 2, 2021 admin alaska, aptera, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, Florida, Los Angeles, New York, pan am highway

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 03:05:49 +0000

A 13,230 mile drive is possible in an Aptera if you’re adventurous enough and plan the right overnight stops for charging. The whole Pan-Am Highway is possible, it seems

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Alaska Invests In Tesla (TSLA) — Owns 126,754 Shares

January 22, 2021 admin alaska, alaska department of revenue, big-oil, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Oil, oil drilling, Solar energy, tesla, tesla stock

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:42:08 +0000

Alaska’s Department of Revenue has raised its stake in Tesla (TSLA) stock and reduced its investments in three other stocks to make room for that stake, Barrons reports. Those stocks are as follows

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