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Nathea Burnet holds both a plastic ax and her grandmother, Patricia Forrest's, hand while looking at electric vehicles during Juneau Electric Vehicle Association's road rally Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. On a per capita basis, there is one electric vehicle per 76 residents in Juneau. There were 418 EVs registered in Juneau as of November 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Electric vehicles with Devon Kibby

The clock is ticking to fast-track Alaska’s electric vehicle ecosystem.

Andy Romanoff says reducing carbon emissions starts at home. (Courtesy Photo / Brian Wallace for Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists)

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Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Boosting heat pumps with Andy Romanoff

“We all have the potential to have a greater impact that we may realize.”

A sign stands near the Auke Village Recreation Area, which is part of the Tongass National Forest. During the first few weeks of Joe Biden's presidency, he's issued several executive orders related to conservation. SEACC is hosting a webinar series to help people in Southeast Alaska learn more about how executive orders during the first 100 days of  Biden's presidency might affect The Tongass National Forest and other issues related to climate change. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Webinar series explores climate change in Southeast Alaska and national politics

SEACC to host monthly Climate Conversations through May.

Koren Bosworth (Courtesy Photo / Brian Wallace for Juneau's Climate Change Solutionists)

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Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Preserving Wetlands and Peatlands with Koren Bosworth

We in Juneau might wonder if every day is wetlands day.

The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council recently produced a zine “Hunker Down For Climate Change” made with art submissions from residents of the Southeast, Oct. 13, 2020. (Courtesy Photo / SEACC)

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SEACC produces art ‘zine’ about climate change reactions

Thirty seperate pieces of art were submitted for the publication.

Tlingit and Haida President Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson, David R. Boxley, Lyle and Kolene James, Stephen Qacung Blanchett and Ben and Maria Young participate in Tlingit and Haida’s Indigenous Peoples Day celebration. This year’s event was held virtually. It was one of several such virtual events held throughout the state in observation of the holiday. (Screenshot)

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Alaskans celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day virtually with music, language, activism

The legacy of colonization is still a threat to the future of Indigenous culture here, many say.

Arctic researcher says climate change is coming

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Arctic researcher says climate change is coming

Crises are times of both danger and opportunity.

The Mendenhall Glacier, seen here in May 2016. (Angelo Saggiomo | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: It’s a climate emergency!

It’s not just the climate that’s changing.

Esau Sinnok of Shishmaref speaks at a news conference after the Alaska Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Anchorage in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. Sinnok and 15 other Alaska youths in 2017 sued the state, claiming that human-caused greenhouse gas emission leading to climate change is creating long-term, dangerous health effects. They lost in Superior Court, but appealed to Alaska’s highest court. (AP Photo | Mark Thiessen)

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Will youth climate change lawsuit get its day in court?

Alaska Supreme Court hearing case.

Katharine Hayhoe reconciles Christianity and climate science

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Katharine Hayhoe reconciles Christianity and climate science

Only in America.

Katharine Hayhoe is an evangelical Christian, atmospheric scientist and a nationally known advocate for taking action to slow climate change. Hayhoe will be in Juneau this week for a pair of Friday talks. (Courtesy Photo | Artie Limmer, Texas Tech University)

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Nationally known Christian-climate change advocate comes to Juneau

Hayhoe, let’s go.

Daniel Grossman, an award-winning climate change journalist, visits a dead forest in Brazil. (Courtesy Photo | Daniel Grossman)

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Alaska is ‘ground zero’ for climate change

This climate change journalist says we’re running out of time.

Lindsey Pierce, a environmental technician for Tlingit and Haida, holds blue mussels taken at Point Louisa on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. The samples will be sent to a Sitka lab specializing in testing shellfish and water for toxins, particularly those which cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Tlingit and Haida commissioned a climate change report for Southeast Alaska. Here’s what they found.

Tlingit and Haida readies for climate change.

How dry is our rainforest? Southeast’s rare drought could threaten plants, animals, your power bill

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How dry is our rainforest? Southeast’s rare drought could threaten plants, animals, your power bill

The entirety of Southeast Alaska is in some state of drought.

Students strike against climate change

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Students strike against climate change

Juneau high schoolers hope policy changes faster than the climate does.

Third graders organize climate march

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Third graders organize climate march

A school project took on a life of its own.

Dunleavy dissolves climate change action team

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Dunleavy dissolves climate change action team

The team was supposed to last until 2020.

Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change

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Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change

The Republican Party can learn from a trip to “Jurassic Park.”

Beth Kerttula, former Alaska State Representative and past Director of the National Oceans Council under President Barack Obama, takes a question at the Mendenhall Valley Glacier Visitor Center for a Fireside Lecture, Jan. 25, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)

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Former Rep calls attention to ‘frightening’ state of oceans

The messenger was warmly received, the disconcerting message not so much.

Opinion: NASA’s mission is four billion miles off course

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Opinion: NASA’s mission is four billion miles off course

Scientists must shift focus to climate change, not outer space.