Xcel Energy’s latest plan is a bloated commitment to maintaining big, outdated, centralized fossil fuel generation for far too long. The plan, which the Public Utilities Commission is expected to consider this week, maximizes Xcel’s corporate profits and shareholder returns and will harm Coloradans’ lives, air quality, climate, and health. Hurt worst are the communities in which these coal plants were built — Pueblo, Hayden and Brush. After bowing to pressure from the public, Xcel said it would accelerate the closure of these three plants to at least 2031, but that is still far too many years of burning coal. Last year, the percent of electric energy Xcel generated using coal actually increased. According to Xcel’s 10-K disclosure forms, the company generated 25% of its electricity via coal in 2021 up from 21% in 2020. Xcel keeps feeding our money to its lemon of a coal plant , Comanche Unit 3 in Pueblo, which it built despite public opposition based on Xcel’s own … [Read more...] about Opinion: Xcel Energy’s plan will move away from coal too slowly
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‘Star Trek’ Franchise Gets Its First Female Composer as Nami Melumad Visits ‘Strange New Worlds’
Click here to read the full article. “ Star Trek ” has always been known for its progressive casting on screen. But over seven live-action series and 13 movies dating back more than half a century, the science-fiction franchise has never had a woman composer – until now. Nami Melumad , who has been scoring the animated “Star Trek: Prodigy,” has stepped up a notch and is scoring weekly episodes of “ Strange New Worlds ,” the new Paramount Plus series that chronicles the voyages of the pre-Captain Kirk Enterprise. More from Variety 'The Marvels' Composer Laura Karpman Scores 'Ms. Marvel' on Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE) Danny Elfman on Scoring 'Doctor Strange' and the Musical Mayhem of That Lunatic 'Lethal Symphonies' Sequence 'Fast and Furious' Composer Brian Tyler Named BMI Icon at Film, TV and Visual Media Awards “It’s been a very busy few months,” says the Israeli-born composer, who has been writing an average of 45 minutes of music per episode of … [Read more...] about ‘Star Trek’ Franchise Gets Its First Female Composer as Nami Melumad Visits ‘Strange New Worlds’
Denver tenants are seeing rent hikes as high as $400 or more per month
Rents are spiking at double-digit rates across metro Denver, and while the gains aren’t as extreme as the rise in home prices, they are leaving tenants facing them feeling financially depleted and trapped in a predicament they can’t easily escape. Sarah Wadsworth and her fiance were happy with their apartment at Infinity LoHi in northwest Denver. The rent of $1,900 a month, plus another $175 a month for two parking spots, was higher than the $1,700 they previously paid to live in Capitol Hill. Wadsworth said the trade-off was worth it to avoid break-ins and to keep her dog safe from the heroin needles on the sidewalk. That sense of having made the right move all changed when it came time to re-sign the lease this spring. “Then the sticker shock comes — they say we are raising your rent by $400 a month,” Wadsworth said. “I was freaking out. Two of our closest friends in the same building got increased by $500. They had a city view, but identical units otherwise.” She tried … [Read more...] about Denver tenants are seeing rent hikes as high as $400 or more per month