CUE 6.4.1 Energy_Audit
Workers installing blown-in attic insulation as part of a residential weatherization and home energy efficiency upgrade.
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CUE 6.4 Cover Image-1672×941
A rural county courthouse at noon with rooftop solar panels, an EV charging station with a pickup truck plugged in, and warm LED lighting through large windows—illustrating local government, conservation, energy efficiency and electrification in rural communities.
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Small Towns Can Build a Strong Outdoor Economy Without Selling Out
Small towns do not have to choose between becoming a theme park or watching their Main Street wither away. The real opportunity is to treat the Great Outdoors—your parks, trails, fairgrounds, school fields, working lands, and open space—as core infrastructure for health and prosperity, then use planning tools to grow an outdoor economy without losing…
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Powering Rural America: The Full Energy Picture in 2026
JCShepard.com | June 21, 2026 | Category: Policy, Economy Rural America is about to feel the energy transition in a very literal way: not as a headline about megawatts and gigatons, but as center pivots moved for a transmission line, prime farmland plowed under for a bright new data center lighting up the night sky,…
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2026-energy-picture (5)_resultat
A rural electric cooperative lineworker checks substation equipment in an open prairie landscape, with transmission infrastructure visible against an overcast sky—illustrating the community-owned electricity infrastructure that serves much of rural America.