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Sewer Heat Could Be Hidden Ally Against Climate Change Here s How Denver Is Pulling It To The Surface

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News The National Western Center plans to use excess energy from Denver s existing wastewater system to heat and cool buildings, now under construction at the 250-acre site, including Colorado State University s new Spur campus. A secret cache of renewable energy is lurking in the sewers. The key question is how to coax it to the surface and put it to work in the battle against climate change. There’s no mystery over how excess energy ends up below cities. Showers, hot waters and sinks all add hot water to sewers. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy estimates American’s wash 350 billion kilowatt-hours of energy down the drain every year. For some perspective, that’s enough power for about 30 million U.S. homes.

The Costly, Painful, Lonely Burden of Care

The Costly, Painful, Lonely Burden of Care Health care in the U.S. relies on an “invisible army” of caregivers mostly women. For many, stunted careers, lost earnings and exhaustion are part of the fallout. Credit.Karolin Schnoor March 16, 2021 “If society wants us to keep caring for others, it’s going to have to show a little more care for us.” Kate Washington, the author of “Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America” [In Her Words is available as a newsletter. .] In 2015, Kate Washington’s world changed. Her husband, Brad Buchanan, was late for family dinner. She found him in the bathroom, coughing up blood a lot of it. She handed him a bucket and asked the neighbor to watch their two young daughters while she drove him to the emergency room.

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