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MEA, Chugach Electric Spar over Power Rate Increases
Channel 2 NewsSouthcentral Alaska power companies are disputing rate increases set to hit customers in several parts of the region this month, after they were approved by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska Saturday. The Matanuska Electric Association says the RCA...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Investments, Midtown
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Sitka Bottling Plant Sells at Foreclosure Auction
Channel 2 NewsA seafood company has purchased a Sitka water bottling plant at a public foreclosure auction. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports Silver Bay Seafoods on Monday spent $1.1 million for the True Alaska Bottling plant. The company receives a 73,000-...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Foods and Beverages, Companies and Corporations, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure
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North Star Borough Awards Geothermal Grant
The Fairbanks North Star Borough awarded a million dollars in federal funds to develop more geothermal power at Chena Hot Springs. The owner of the resort, Bernie Karl, says he’ll use the money to build a five megawatt power plant, which would...Tags: Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
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Micro greens bring fresh veggies to Alaska's winters
Channel 2 NewsIn Alaska, most have gotten used to produce going bad in a couple days-- a week at best. But one local company is growing produce year-round right here on a micro scale. The goal is eventually to have a massive commercial greenhouse growing fresh...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Todd Walker, Dining and Drinking, Agriculture, Lifestyle and Leisure
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AGs Tell Feds To Look At More Options For Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Hartford CourantAttorneys general from four New England states, including Connecticut, are asking federal regulators to consider other ways to handle spent nuclear fuel in their review of environmental impacts of the waste's storage on-site at the plants. In a filing...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power
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Environmental group requests hearing process on San Onofre restart
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.An environmental group filed a motion Friday asking federal regulators to set up trial-like public hearings before deciding on a proposal by Southern California Edison to restart its troubled San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been out of service...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Justice System, Judges, Southern California Edison Company, Memorial Day
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Glastonbury Awarded For Energy Efficiencies At Three Buildings
The town has received three "Power Of Change" awards for energy efficiencies at the wastewater treatment facility, Buttonball Lane Elementary School and Town Hall. The town received "first honors" in the top municipal wastewater treatment plant...
Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Energy Saving
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GM to put millions into Cadillac plant
DETROIT -- General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing factory, creating 200 new jobs. The automaker says it will build a 400,000-square-foot building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts and put them in the right...Tags: General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, Labor Legislation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars
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Geneva's Western Avenue School students work in garden
Each time the 300 students at Western Avenue School in Geneva pass their school this summer, they'll see the pumpkins and gourds they planted in the front yard last week grow a little larger. About 50 families have signed up to keep the gardens tended...
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Avon Factory Adding Workers
The Hartford CourantAn Avon factory that makes reflective material for clothing, adhesives and traffic signs has built a 50,000-square-foot expansion less than two years after it was bought by a German company. The factory, which had been known as Reflexite before the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Employees, Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations
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US military praises Pakistan's steps to curb fertilizers used in Afghanistan bombs
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday....Tags: Fertilizer, Explosions, Wars and Interventions, Chemical Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Update: Cause of Goose Greek Candle Co. fire undetermined
scollins@amnews.comLIBERTY — The odd, pungent combination of soothing aromas and smoldering debris filled the air as firefighters soaked what remained of Goose Creek Candle Co. with water Saturday morning. The first call of an intense fire at the candle factory on...
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