More than a month after the summer solstice, Fairbanks is still the land of the midnight sun. Joggers are out getting in their late-night runs along Farmers Loop, and we still don’t need our headlights after another evening ice cream at Hot Licks. For many of us, the energy boost from summer days is real. […]
A new energy research project led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a $725,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The AURORA-AI project, short for Alaska Utility Resilience and Optimization using Real-time AI, will use advanced artificial intelligence to improve electric power systems serving rural and coastal communities. Remote microgrids face unique […]
“A reasonable person would think if you’re invested in the industry that could benefit from the outcome of a lawsuit, then you could personally stand to benefit from the outcome,” said one critic. Calls for US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from a major climate case mounted Tuesday after an analysis found that he made as […]
“Congress must end the blank check to ICE,” said the president of one immigrant rights group. As Mainers continue to target Sen. Susan Collins’ office with protests following a recent killing by an immigration agent, new reporting shows how some of the $70 billion she and her GOP colleagues gave to President Donald Trump’s immigration agencies is being spent. According to the Associated […]