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N.C. regulators approve controversial Duke Energy plan that lets large customers chip in for solar projects

Solar panels with trees in the background.

Originally designed as a way for customers to help pay for renewable projects Duke is already mandated to build, a revised proposal will allow some customers to speed up construction of new solar farms by about two years.

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Former Cornell student sentenced to nearly 2 years in federal prison for online threats against campus Jewish community

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Patrick Dai, a former student at Cornell University who was arrested last year for posting threats to “shoot up” Jewish people on campus, was sentenced to 21 […]

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New proposal seeks to add 400 housing units, “traditional neighborhood” to Ithaca’s West Hill

ITHACA, N.Y. — Town of Ithaca officials have spent over a decade revising the town’s Comprehensive Plan and redesigning its zoning code to embrace compact, mixed-use neighborhoods. Now an experienced […]

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A tense discussion over confidentiality stole the stage during Common Council’s vote on City Hall raises

ITHACA, N.Y. — Common Council approved a new salary schedule for the City of Ithaca’s managerial employees on Wednesday, giving each position about a 9% raise.  The pay bump, which […]

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‘The sky is the limit’: Solar program opens new opportunities for Chicago trainees

Students wearing safety gear practice installing brackets on a mockup of a pitched roof.

548 Foundation helps Illinois reach equity goals, while connecting employers with desperately needed highly-trained workers.

‘The sky is the limit’: Solar program opens new opportunities for Chicago trainees 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.