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Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten
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Managing Editor, Project Optimist
Wisconsin
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Editor focused on examining solutions to problems in our communities.
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By Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten Verified| projectoptimist.us@ Minnesota activists want lawmakers to lift the state’s nuclear moratorium this session. Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) signed a bill into law in 2023 that requires Minnesota to have carbon-free energy by 2040. But it's been illegal to build new nuclear facilities in the state since 1994. 🔋Learn more about nuclear energy in Minnesota. Read Project Optimist's series here. Generation Atomic is part of a coalition that wants the moratorium to end.
By Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten Verified| projectoptimist.us@ Minnesota’s future roadways could one day have a lower carbon footprint. Researchers with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, in cooperation with 13 agency partners, are studying how to capture and store carbon dioxide in concrete, a process called sequestration. The result could reduce the carbon footprint of concrete, if successful. Concrete is used to construct roads, bridges, foundations, buildings, walls, wastewater and stormwater systems, sidewalks, and more.
By Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten Verified| projectoptimist.us@ For the past week or so, you've hopefully seen mention of our fundraising campaign. Whether you've already given (thank you!) or you're still on the fence, I appreciate you being here and subscribing to this newsletter. In this special bonus edition, I thought I'd give you some insight as to why I joined Project Optimist and what I appreciate about this job. I've been a professional journalist for almost 13 years.
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Wisconsin, United States