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Pete Southerton (left) and Tom Bradshaw, of solar energy contractor Certasun, install solar panels on a Chicago home on May 17, 2021. Credit: Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law

By Dan Gearino, Brett Chase
Johari Cole-Kweli feeds her chickens on her farm, Iyabo Farms, in Pembroke Township, Illinois on April 21, 2021. Credit: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township

By Brett Chase
The Massachusetts State House the seat of Government in Boston. United States. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021

By Dan Gearino
PacifiCorp's Hunter coal fired power pant releases steam as it burns coal outside of Castle Dale, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Era of Fossil Fuel Power Plants Is Rapidly Receding. Here Is Their Life Expectancy

By Dan Gearino
Solar panels work in an integrated power station in Yancheng city, in Jiangsu province, on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Four Charts Tell the Story of the Post-Covid Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino
Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Illinois Faces (Another) Nuclear Power Standoff

By Dan Gearino
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. Credit: State of Ohio

Illinois and Ohio Bribery Scandals Show the Perils of Mixing Utilities and Politics

By Dan Gearino

Activists Vow Fight Over Ill. Frack Regs

By Katherine Bagley

Midwest's Largest Solar Farm Scaled Back

By Brian J. Rogal, Midwest Energy News

Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success

By Dave Levitan

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