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Turn off the gas, turn on the electricity
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Solar energy is just the start. It’s also possible for homeowners to move from using mostly natural gas for heating and appliances to using electricity for almost everything.
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RG&E: Commitments made, commitments kept
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Resolving issues of high bills, delayed bills, and long service wait times has been the leadership team’s focus over the last year.
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New incentives to decarbonize your home are now available
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The federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 contains a total of more than $8 billion for homeowners and renters who want to invest in clean energy solutions.
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For a ‘just and vibrant city,’ UR needs to contribute more financially
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Paying full taxes on East End Garage and maintaining the payment in lieu of taxes for College Town are good first steps, but there is still much more for the university to do.
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Why the Supreme Court was right
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Disadvantaged students need affirmative action, but the concept of disadvantage should be holistic, placing more weight on a person’s class and less weight—if any—on this person’s race.
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Why we should care about the cost of insulin
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Caring about the cost of insulin causes us to acknowledge our own humanity at a time of collective precarity.
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Making Rochester a knowledge economy? Beware of unintended consequences
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New research points to a causal connection between the rise of knowledge-intensive activities and an increase in economic segregation in urban areas.
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E-cigarettes and three key public policy questions
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New research sheds some light on questions like these: Are e-cigarettes better or worse than cigarettes and should we tax or subsidize them?
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Lawmakers are wrong to reject Hochul’s mandate for high-quality tutoring
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The governor’s proposal to fund and require high-impact tutoring in schools is a needed investment that would benefit New York’s most vulnerable kids.
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To reduce adult crime, invest more in early childhood education
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New econometric analysis credibly demonstrates that investments in early childhood education diminish adult criminality and that the benefits flow disproportionately to high-poverty areas.