Students across the state unanimously passed a resolution supporting the Haines Borough’s use of a biomass boiler to heat public buildings at an Alaska Association of Student Governments conference in Palmer earlier this month. The resolution was written by Haines High School seniors Dylan Chapell and Brennan Palmieri.
In crafting the resolution, the pair cited evidence from eight studies and reports detailing the benefits of carbon-neutral biomass as a sustainable heat source, and the cost…