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NREL Partners With Chilkat Indian Village To Improve Housing in Klukwan, Alaska

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A team of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers and Tribal staff gathered around the wood stove in Charlie Spud’s home, trying to figure out why it was not drawing air. “Every time I turn on the bath fan, the stove backdrafts,” said Spud, 61, who built the home 13 … [continued]

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Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?

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Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?

Although wildfires are commonly associated with the West, the Great Lakes region has seen its share of destructive blazes. Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, warns that we will likely see more wildfires due to heat waves and droughts caused by climate change.

Vern Northrup is a former fireman and is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe.

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