Energy

While the Trump administration emphasizes fossil fuel extraction and pauses funding for renewable projects, the Alaska senator describes renewables as key to energy independence.

The hydrokinetic turbine pilot project, scheduled to launch in June, is a partnership between the Native Village of Napaimute, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Oregon-based company BladeRunner Energy.

The Bering Sea move is part of a wider action that withdrew Atlantic and Pacific areas from the federal leasing program, expanding existing no-leasing policies.

The study doesn’t promote EVs, but aims to better understand their usage in rural Alaska and clarify misconceptions about them.

The school has been closed for the remainder of the week, but parts to repair the community's main generator are expected to arrive in the coming days.