Arctic climate change researchers still conflicted over UAF’s coal-fired powerplant

Work on University of Alaska Fairbanks’ new 17-megawatt combined heat and power plant is about half done. University officials say it’s scheduled to go online in December 2018. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is building a heat and power plant to replace the old facility that went into service in 1964.
The new $245 million powerplant, scheduled to come online next year, will feature updated technology that’ll reduce most pollutants – but it wi