AkPIRG launches summer campaign to end Alaska’s use of “dirty diesel”

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Steve Sutherlin

PNA Managing Editor

The Alaska Public Interest Research Group intends to knock on 50,000 doors in Alaska this summer in a campaign to end Alaska’s use of “dirty diesel” fuel. AkPIRG canvassers are currently active in Anchorage and Fairbanks and have already contacted thousands of Alaskans, Steve Conn, AkPIRG executive....

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