Energy group message valid again?

With the Haines Borough projecting more than a 30 percent increase in energy costs, the message of the Haines Borough Energy Sustainability Commission has come full circle, Stephanie Scott told a meeting of the Haines Chamber of Commerce on Earth Day Friday at Whiterock Nursery.

The commission was established in June 2008, when the borough was anticipating a 40 percent increase in budgeted fuel costs, said Scott, who served as commission staffer.

The group developed…