Prof of History, Arctic & Northern Studies @UAFairbanks. Views my own. Energy & Enviro historian⚡
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Philip Wight retweeted
30 Jul 2024
Erin Baldwin Day is the founder of the Mutual Aid Network of Anchorage (MANA) & organizer of the Anchorage Housing Club. We discuss eviction prevention, tenants’ rights, & how to increase AK housing. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1875228/15505… #AlaskaHousing #AnchorageHousing #ancgov
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Philip Wight retweeted
🚧 In #Alaska, there is a history of not building roads. Learn more in our latest #InfraNorth blog post, where Peter Schweitzer contextualizes the #AmblerRoad controversy: buff.ly/4fcAm5U
@univienna @sosci_univie @AustrianPolar
ALT “No road maintenance” sign in Alaska. Photo by Olga Povoroznyuk (2023).
ALT Alaskan roads. Photo by Ria-Maria Adams (2015).
ALT Many roads in Alaska – including the Dalton Highway – are not asphalted but are dusty gravel roads, similar to this one in the northern parts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya). Photo by Peter Schweitzer (1999).
ALT A “rough road” in Alaska. Photo by Ria-Maria Adams (2016).
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27 Jun 2024
Useful additional context on the federal funding announced yesterday: "The two largest awards will go to battery energy storage systems in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Soldotna Substation in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, both of which will receive $100 million."
thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
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27 Jun 2024
"The announcement comes about a year after the administration announced $11 billion in IRA funds to boost rural renewables... which the administration said would be the largest cash injection into rural electrification since the New Deal of the 1930s."
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26 Jun 2024
Big news for Interior Alaska: GVEA has been awarded $100 million for a 16 MW solar farm in Nenana (it will be the largest in Alaska), transmission upgrades & a large battery to regulate wind & solar. This will displace a lot of oil & help stabilize rates
gvea.com/news-releases/golde…
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Philip Wight retweeted
20 Jun 2024
An energy-rich future is not just some environmentalist fever dream. Our special issue explores how the exponential rise of solar power will change the world econ.st/3KYy0tn
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Philip Wight retweeted
10 Jun 2024
In 2024Q1, clean mfg, energy & industry made up 7.4% of private fixed investment in structures and equipment.
That's above investment in oil and gas, but more significantly it continues the trend of rising *total* investment in clean energy as a % of structures/equipment PFI.
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Philip Wight retweeted
9 Jun 2024
1988 "Skagway in 1898" oil on canvas by Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012). Via Bonhams #alaskahistory #alaska #skagway
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Philip Wight retweeted
5 Jun 2024
Sarah Wallace was just starting dinner when the ground began to vibrate. The rumble built. She ran out into the street, where she learned what felt like an earthquake was actually the house behind hers colliding into their duplex.
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4 Jun 2024
The @newsminer does a fine job of calling to task those that spread the Denali NP flag nonsense: "We’ve yet to hear any apologies from the blogosphere or Sen. Sullivan about their spread of misinformation, which put the park superintendent’s life at risk." newsminer.com/opinion/editor…
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4 Jun 2024
Specifically, @DanSullivan_AK @MustReadAlaska @RealAKWatchman owe @AlaskaNPS and the people of Alaska an apology.
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26 May 2024
Every Alaskan should read this @FT piece about the (mis)management of the $80 billion Alaska Permanent Fund (APF).
With the APF, there is no Dividend. The APF pays for the majority of our state government (more than Oil).
We need legislative oversight!
ft.com/content/4e30cea4-bcd8…
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Philip Wight retweeted
20 May 2024
Inflation Reduction Act 21 months
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US electric vehicle supply chain.
Here is our post-I.R.A. tally for the US since 8/16/22:
105 new projects
$90.1B in planned investments
57,248 new jobs
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ALT US EV and battery supply chain investments since the Inflation Reduction Act became law on August 16, 2022. Tally includes 105 new projects, $90.1 billion in new investments, and 57,284 new jobs announced.
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16 May 2024
An Alaska-sized THANK YOU to all the legislators (especially @wielechowski) staffers, grassroots organizers & everyday Alaskans who made this possible.
Now for the main event: building the cheap, clean energy Alaska desperately needs. Its our time.
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15 May 2024
This is a bright day for Alaska!
The Alaska House has passed SB152 (SAVE Act) which will allow renters, low income folks & others to invest in community solar & save money on their electric bills. Avg national bill savings is 10%!
The bill now heads to the Governor's desk.
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13 May 2024
Good morning with good news: Legislation to enable community energy (solar, wind, hydro, storage) is headed to the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives TODAY!
If SB152 passes the House, it heads to the Governor's desk for a signature.
alaskapublic.org/2024/05/10/…
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8 May 2024
Ignore the noise of anti-EV headlines, follow the signal of the actual data.
"More than one-fifth of the vehicles sold worldwide will be an EV or a PHEV this year. In 2018, just about 2 percent of cars sold fit into this category."
canarymedia.com/articles/ele…
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7 May 2024
If you're as outraged as I am, you can contact the PF Board of Trustees at boardpubliccomment@apfc.org
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Philip Wight retweeted
7 May 2024
Wow is right. We were promised more jobs, production, investment, revenue & growing PFD if we cut oil taxes. Instead jobs & investment down 50%, production down, state revenue down & PFD cut 75% to make up difference. Now they threaten to crash AK economy & violate consent decree
6 May 2024
Wow. Yesterday, Hilcorp’s SVP for Alaska sent this email to the heads of all the Southcentral utilities and Marathon. It basically says that if this s-corp tax provision passes, their planned Cook Inlet investment of $1 billion over the next 5 years will be affected. #akleg
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6 May 2024
Exceptional investigative journalism by @Nat_Herz .
Oil companies promised to dismantle & remediate oil rigs at the end of their useful lives, but are dragging their feet. Alaskans may well get stuck with the bill.
alaskapublic.org/2024/05/06/…
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