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This story was originally published by the Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a hearing last month in Arizona, an expert witness for the state’s largest utility said he agrees with the idea that utilities oppose rooftop solar because it is a threat to their profits. If ever there was an occasion for a “record scratch” sound effect to be played at a regulatory hearing, this was it. The comment was stunning because it’s something renewable energy advocates have long been saying but that utilities have danced around. For me, the statement and the reaction to it shows a need to address a related question: How can the regulatory system be reformed so that the economic interests of utilities can coexist with the need to build lots of rooftop solar and other customer-owned power generation? The August 25 hearing before state regulators was about a rate increase proposal by the utility, Arizona Public Service.

After becoming blind in his late 20s, designer and artist Marco Salsiccia had to learn to navigate the world through assistive technology—like a screen reader, software that speaks digital text and image descriptions aloud. Leveraging that experience, Salsiccia began work as an accessibility specialist, eventually working part-time at a well-known tech startup based in San Francisco (a key site of disability rights activism since the late ’60s).

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lightning strikes in a dry forest and starts a wildfire. It’s a hot, windy day, and the embers quickly spread. Smoke rises, and it’s detected, sometimes by satellites, lookouts or people who call 911.

What next, permanent lockdowns, too?

New York City authorities have requested that all residents carry Narcan® to treat overdose victims in the street.

Joe Biden has raised a dangerous animal (and I’m not talking about Hunter), so what do we do now?