Sierra Club Nebraska Statement on Forced Outage at Aging OPPD Coal Plant
Omaha, Nebraska — Reports of a steam tube failure at OPPD’s North Omaha coal plant once again raise reliability, health, and safety concerns. As a result of the failure, one of the two remaining coal units was taken offline last week. The forced outage follows a recent OPPD board vote to … [continued]
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BIA weighs legal options after cyberattack, its budget clear committee
The Hamilton Road business improvement area’s 2026 budget now heads to council for final approval.
Council committee backs full fee exemption for affordable housing project
Final approval of the development charge waiver will be considered by council later this month.
The Long US Goodbye to New Gas Connections and the Legal Tools States Are Using to Get There
Gas bans in new buildings moved from obscure municipal policy to national legal conflict in a remarkably short period of time. For most of the past decade, city ordinances limiting or prohibiting new natural gas hookups were treated as a local matter tied to building codes, air quality, and long … [continued]
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Owen Sound to get tough on few who refuse new water meters
Reasons for refusal include health concerns about the new equipment and concerns about exposure to legal liability.