Clean Technica

Climatize Facilitates Community Solar Projects in Minnesota and Illinois with Pre-Construction Financing

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Community solar is awesome. Talk about a feel-good story. The savings from community solar can be enjoyed by renters and homeowners alike, whether they have a roof of their own to mount solar panels to or not. People can “subscribe” to a community solar project, which can be located somewhere … [continued]

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OPPD Proposes Extending Life of Dangerous Coal Plant

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OMAHA, Nebraska — Omaha residents may continue to face toxic health risks and environmental effects from the North Omaha power plant due to a new resolution from Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to keep burning coal. The proposal, scheduled for a vote by the OPPD board on Dec. 18, would undo … [continued]

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Great Lakes Echo

‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

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By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira

“Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

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