...Krystal Richie, a certified nursing assistant living in Soldotna, said her family is going to have to start curbing gas consumption. "Everybody's going to have to," she said. "They say it's going to be up to five by the end of this summer...

...and because of the large amount of gasoline and energy Alaskans use per person. Alaska ranked last on energy and gas consumption and 48th on recycling. The state's poor environmental rating should be a wake-up call that ''we do have some...

...and that is Alaska's opportunity." U.S. electric utilities will increasingly turn to natural gas as a fuel - gas consumption for power generation has increased 70 percent over the last 12 years - and if demand by power plants continues to...