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About 250,000 pounds of trash made its way from cruise ships to Juneau’s landfill last summer, down from over 3.3 million pounds in 2019.

Here’s a great way to clean up the air in downtown Juneau during the busy cruise ship season. The tourism manager for the City and Borough of Juneau will soon recommend a draft list of projects to be funded by marine passenger fee (MPF) proceeds, followed by a 30-day public comment period. As a board member of Renewable Juneau (a local nonprofit that advocates for renewable energy) I strongly support using $10 million of collected fees to install shore power for CBJ’s two cruise ship docks. Shore power would allow ships to run off clean hydropower energy from AEL&P while they a...

The economic indicators report published last month by the Juneau Economic Development Council (JEDC) is a wake-up call for our community. The findings are worrisome, and should be the #1 reference in guiding the Juneau Assembly’s priorities and actions for 2024.

Assembly Areawide candidate in the 2023 Juneau municipal election.

Starting in 2024, no more than five large ships may visit the port on the same day.