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A Dream of a Fossil Fuel-Free Neighborhood Meets the Constraints of the Building Industry

The 282 homes of the Geos Neighborhood in Arvada, Colorado, were supposed to be all-electric and emissions free. But money and the status quo of the construction business intervened.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Dar-Lon Chang, who was an engineer for ExxonMobil for more than 15 years, left his career in the fossil fuel industry in Houston and moved to the Geos Neighborhood, a geosolar development in Arvada, Colorado, with his wife and daughter. Credit: Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News
A rendering shows what Veridian at County Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan will look like. Credit: Developed & Designed by THRIVE Collaborative & Union Studio; Visualizations by McLennan Design

Warming Trends: New Rules for California Waste, Declining Koala Bears and Designs Meant to Help the Planet

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Xcel Energy is proposing to stop burning coal at the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota, and build a natural gas power plant on the site. Credit: Tony Webster

How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

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