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In central Alaska, a small village is undergoing a clean energy transformation in order to boost savings, build resilience and provide jobs. People there want to cut their reliance on expensive, imported diesel that’s one of the largest contributors of planet-warming emissions. @AssociatedPress talked to residents about their efforts. Here’s what they said:

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#Culture #Alaska #Sustainability #RuralLife #USA

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#SilentSunday

#animals #nature #photography #Alaska

A female moose and her two cubs foraging in a slough

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Great headline.

Senate Passes Megabill as Murkowski Stays Bought
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-01-big-beautiful-bill-trump-murkowski/

#LisaMurkowardski #LisaMurkowski #Alaska #VoteHerOut #USPol #BigFuglyBill #BBB #RepublicansOwnItAll

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Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.
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Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than two-thirds of that.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-rural-schools-funding-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #School #Education #Student #Budget