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Alaskans love their state and want to make sure it is protected. Alaska Business covers the environmental service providers that help builders and developers plan and execute projects responsibly. We also report on recycling efforts on a community and corporate scale.
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Reclamation and Restoration of True North Mine in Interior Alaska Completed; Land Returned to State Control
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources and Department of Economic Conservation applaud Kinross remediating the True North gold after several years of safe, efficient, and profitable operations: “The system works.”
How Alaska’s Engineering Experts Combat Contamination
Engineering firms offering environmental services in Alaska address a broad spectrum of issues that impact humans and wildlife—managing everything from COVID-19 wipe-downs and toxic mold issues to oil spill prevention planning and soil remediation.
City of Unalaska Inks Power Purchase Agreement for Geothermal Power
The Makushin Geothermal Project would accommodate all of Unalaska’s current and known potential customer base while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing energy security, and helping diversify the local economy.
USACE Gives Pebble 90 Days to Develop a Plan to Mitigate ‘Unavoidable Adverse Impacts to Aquatic Resources’
USACE made Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) factual determinations that discharges at Pebble would cause unavoidable adverse impacts to aquatic resources and that those adverse impacts would result in significant degradation to those aquatic resources.
2020 Donlin Gold Backhaul Project to Remove E-Waste from Yukon-Kuskokwim Region
For the third year in a row, multiple entities and tribes are coming together to assist Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region villages with the removal of harmful e-waste.
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Re: Recycling
Greasy pizza boxes are now being accepted in all Anchorage cardboard recycling, as new data shows that grease and small amounts of cheese in pizza boxes have no effect on the recyclability of the boxes.
“With this small change we hope we can prevent further confusion and prevent valuable material that can be recycled from going into the landfill,” says Solid Waste Services Recycling Coordinator Suzanna Caldwell.
Industry Accolades
Trihydro has again been ranked among the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top Environmental Firms. ENR Ranks the top 200 environmental firms nationally based on gross revenue associated with environmental services.
This year marks Trihydro’s 15th consecutive appearance on the list; debuting at 171 in 2006, Trihydro ranked 113 in 2020.
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We provide year-round coverage in our print and digital magazine (check out What About the Water, published in November 2019) of environmental firms and activities in Alaska, as well as recycling projects and services (Marginal Metal, from August 2019, talks about steel recycling in Alaska).
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Doyon, Limited
BDO USA, LLP
Personnel Plus
Lynden Inc.
Altman, Rogers & Co.
National Cooperative Bank
Calista Corporation
PIP Marketing, Signs, Print
Avis Alaska
Siemens
Thomas Head & Greisen, PC
Alaska Safety Alliance
ARM Creative
JEFFCO
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In This Issue
Triumphant Journeys: The Alaska Business 2020 Top 49ers
October 2020
One factor that contributes to successful business operations is the ability to adapt to new situations; rare is the organization that flourishes without changing at all. This year, as we are all acutely aware by now, will go down in history for many, many things including the wide range of methods implemented by businesses as they adapted to the new landscape presented to them by COVID-19.