March 12, 2026

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Mother, son to own new zero net energy Habitat for Humanity home in Eudora – The Lawrence Times

Share this post or save for later A Eudora mother and son are set to become first-time homeowners as they prepare to move into their newly built zero net energy house. Within the next few weeks, Kathryn Gilmore and her son Liam Gilmore will be signing the mortgage agreement for 50 Stephens Road, the 106th

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Look around, barriers to clean energy development not hard to find

SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES are looming in the Northeast’s attempts to reduce its carbon footprint. News that New York won’t reach its short-term emissions reductions goals, for example, should be a wake-up call for regulators who face consistent pressure to speed up the clean energy evolution while squeezing utilities’ ability to recover the cost for the very

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SC Senate panel considers future of energy in the growing state • SC Daily Gazette

COLUMBIA – A South Carolina Senate panel began work Thursday to make good on a pledge to address the future of energy in the rapidly growing Palmetto State. The Special Committee on South Carolina’s Energy Future came about after the Senate shut the lights off on an 80-page piece of legislation that would have paved

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RurAL CAP connects small businesses – including fishing boats – with federal energy dollars

REAP funding isn’t just about solar panels: Fishing vessels can apply for funding to improve the size and/or insulating capacity of their holds, for example, or for more efficient lighting. Propulsion upgrades (i.e. repowering), however, are not eligible. (KCAW/Wilber) Federal dollars are available to help Alaska businesses in rural areas make improvements in energy efficiency.

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State of the State Mid-Year 2024: Arkansas’ energy energy sector poised for growth

Arkansas might be in a unique position to become a power player in the energy sector as more people buy electrical vehicles (EVs) in the coming years. EVs need batteries and lithium is needed to make those batteries. An effort is underway to develop a lithium mining industry in the state and it could lead

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Consumers Energy Moving Forward with Effort to Help Customers Power New Renewable Energy Projects

MPSC Approves Program to Launch New Wind and Solar in 2025 JACKSON, Mich., Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers Energy is moving forward with an expanded customer-powered clean energy effort that will lower costs and help protect the planet after receiving approval today from the Michigan Public Service Commission. Consumers Energy’s new Renewable Energy Program

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Guest column: Power Supply Taskforce leads the way to Springfield’s energy future

OPINION| by Gary Gibson As the CEO of City Utilities (CU), I am reaching out to discuss a matter of critical importance for every Springfield resident — the future of our power supply. Our commitment at CU has always been to provide reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity to our community. However, as the energy landscape

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South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate on Thursday started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to guide energy policy in a rapidly growing state and amid a quickly changing power- generation world. The Special Committee on South Carolina’s Energy Future plans several meetings through October. On Thursday, the committee

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Biden admin energy hire called for ‘queering nuclear weapons’ as part of US policy

A fresh hire within President Biden’s Department of Energy previously wrote an op-ed about “queering nuclear weapons” — in which she argued that “queer theory” was crucial to US nuclear policy. Sneha Nair co-authored the article just months before she was hired in February as a special assistant at the DOE’s nuclear security wing, the

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Solar United Neighbors, Energy Allies to combine solar nonprofit efforts

Two consumer-oriented nonprofit organizations serving the solar industry announced this week that they will merge. Energy Allies and Solar United Neighbors (SUN) will combine and continue outreach efforts under the SUN name. “The sun shines everywhere, but not everyone can benefit from its rays yet,” said Anya Schoolman, SUN executive director. “Joining with Energy Allies

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