{"id":2985,"date":"2023-06-29T13:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanenergycolumbus.org\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2023-06-29T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:55:59","slug":"opinion-program-has-helped-columbus-transform-to-leader-on-climate-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbus.amspro.net\/so\/opinion-program-has-helped-columbus-transform-to-leader-on-climate-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Program has helped Columbus transform to leader on climate and sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2985\" class=\"elementor elementor-2985\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3eded9e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"3eded9e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3241bed0 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"3241bed0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20fc00b8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20fc00b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Columbus resident and clean energy champion Cathy Cowan Becker wrote in to the Dispatch to help set the record straight on Clean Energy Columbus. 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