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Xcel Colorado’s new clean heat plan is a big deal. Here’s why.

Jovial workers in hard hats installing a heat pump on the side of a house.

The $440M plan to deploy heat pumps and electrify buildings is the product of a state law requiring gas utilities to cut emissions — and is an important test case.

Xcel Colorado’s new clean heat plan is a big deal. Here’s why. is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation.

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Having an outstanding warrant is ‘like carrying a sack of potatoes that are rotten’

Volunteer Arnold Oden (right) reaches to open the door for a defense attorney.

Arnold Oden arrived early Wednesday morning to shepherd community members into his church so they could start the next chapter of their lives.  “I’m from the House of the Lord and I’m from the streets,” said Oden, a gray-bearded and energetic man. He volunteered to spend all day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday in front […]

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Back to school: Start dates for Greater Akron schools

Students and faculty cheer Feb. 9 after first grader Aseel Judah and second grader Asanee Chuthpatomachai cut the ribbon of the new book vending machine at King Elementary School.

It’s back-to-school season. For some Summit County students, such as those at the Akron Public Schools’ I Promise School, supported by the LeBron James Family Foundation, classes started last week. From private grade schools to specialized public high schools, here’s when Summit County students have to report back to school this fall, in alphabetical order. […]

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The native yellowwood tree and its heart of gold for Ohio

The yellowwood tree is a rare and unique tree that will win you over with its brightly hued heartwood and showy flowers. It’s a plant you’ll want to add to your must-have list.  Cladrastis kentukea, or yellowwood, is a small tree native to Kentucky and other states in the Southeast and Midwest, including Ohio, where […]

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Debate over environmental hazards of Cornell’s new turf field continues at city, town levels

ITHACA, N.Y. —  A proposal to develop artificial turf fields on Cornell University’s campus has spurred concern among environmentalists and division among local planning officials.  The reason: PFAS, a group […]

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City renews tax deal to redevelop downtown Tucson’s long-vacant Hotel Arizona as a Hyatt

After a 12-year vacancy, the Hotel Arizona in downtown will become a Hyatt Regency hotel under a new lease agreement with the city of Tucson.  The lease agreement and tax break on the hotel with developers Pueblo Center Partners and HSL Circle Properties is a renewal of an agreement from November 2019 that expired in […]

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