Local View: Jobs and the environment can and should work together
From the column: To truly take advantage of this moment, finding collective solutions is the only way to succeed.
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Dan Olson and Paul Austin | 10:00 am, May 2, 2021 ×
The challenges ahead of our country in these days and weeks following Earth Day 2021 are no less alarming than those on the first Earth Day in 1970. That was when President Richard Nixon put forth a groundbreaking plan to address pollution and create the Environmental Protection Agency. In the years that followed, Congress passed, with bipartisan support, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
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The Energy Conservation and Optimization (ECO) Act, a bill many years in the making, will modernize the Minnesotaâs Conservation Improvement Program (CIP). Enacted in 2007, CIP requires all gas and electric utilities to spend a portion of their revenues on energy conservation. The program has delivered real savings to Minnesotans on their energy bills through the adoption of technologies like LED lighting and Energy Star® rated appliances, providing more than $6 billion in net benefits to the state and supporting over 45,000 local jobs in every corner of Minnesota.
However, the program has become outdated and needs to be adapted to embrace beneficial and impactful new technologies and evolving trends. The ECO Act would modernize and expand CIP to recognize and respond to emerging technologies and consumer behaviors and demands. ECO would also include load management and efficient fuel-switching, expanding CIPâs ability to support local job opportunit
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is gearing up for another busy construction season. This year, ODOT will invest $1.92 billion into 956 projects to improve transportation across the state. The 2021 construction program includes improvements to 876 bridges and 4,596 mi.
Road improvement project on KY 130 set to begin on Monday in Union Co.
Road improvement project on KY 130 set to begin on Monday in Union Co. By Keaton Eberly | April 25, 2021 at 4:07 PM CDT - Updated April 25 at 6:34 PM
UNION CO., Ky. (WFIE) - A traffic alert will soon be in place for drivers in Union County.
According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the stretch of KY 130 between Morganfield (mile point 9.584) and Uniontown (mile point 15.657) is scheduled to be under construction starting on Monday, April 26.
State transportation officials say crews will be undergoing multiple tasks, including resurfacing the road.
Officials say the project is all a part of the Kentucky Highway Safety Improvement Program. The goal of the program is to reduce death and injuries on roads.