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A wind turbine towers over farmland near Middleton, Wisconsin. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Clean Energy Is Booming in Purple Wisconsin. Just Don’t Mention Climate Change

By Kristoffer Tigue

Rapidan Dam is left damaged on June 25 in Waterville, Minnesota after days of historic flooding hit the Midwest. Credit: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Minnesota Dam That Partially Failed Is One of Nearly 200 Across the Upper Midwest in Similarly ‘Poor’ Condition

By Kristoffer Tigue

National Guard soldiers walk back by a water pump on a flooded street in Waterville, Minnesota on June 25. Credit: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images

Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns

By Nina Elkadi

Midwest Floods, Widespread Heat Waves Are Undermining U.S. Transportation Systems

By Kiley Price

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 4, 2023. The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders. Credit: Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images

NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Staff as They Investigated the East Palestine Derailment

By Kiley Bense

A high tension electrical power pole is seen in the background of a solar array in Blaine, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Midwest States Have Approved Hundreds of Renewable Energy Projects. So Why Aren’t They Online?

By Kristoffer Tigue

A view of the POET ethanol plant in Lake Crystal, Minn. Credit: Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images

Biofuel Refineries Are Releasing Toxic Air Pollutants in Farm Communities Across the US

By Georgina Gustin

Michigan’s law is one of several passed in states controlled by Democrats that responded to a growing opposition to wind and solar projects in rural counties. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot

By Dan Gearino

Milton Denney loads up bottled water for distribution to residents of Santee, Neb. High levels of manganese in the tribe’s water may have adverse effects on the central nervous systems of people who consume it. Credit: Jerry L Mennenga/Flatwater Free Press

After Five Years Without Drinkable Water, a Nebraska Town Asks: When Will Our Tap Water Be Safe?

By Destiny Herbers, Flatwater Free Press

The community solar project near L'Anse, Michigan was developed by the village government. Credit: Michigan Municipal League

Want to See Community Solar Done Right? A Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Can Serve as a Model

By Dan Gearino

Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets downtown St. Paul, Minn. on June 14, 2023. Credit: Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images

The Midwest Could Be in for Another Smoke-Filled Summer. Here’s How States Are Preparing

By Kristoffer Tigue

Mark Forrest, Madison County commissioner and owner of a horse boarding business, stands with one of his horses, Pepe. Forrest lost his bid for re-election in the Republican primary in part because of his support for the Oak Run solar project. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

Ohio Solar Mounts a Comeback in the Face of a Campaign Whose Alleged Villains Include China and Bill Gates

By Dan Gearino

Production line workers assemble EV parts at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Credit: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest

By Kristoffer Tigue

A portion of the Tanners Creek Power Plant property near Lawrenceburg, Indiana was formerly an open dumping ground known as "Area 2." Credit: Tim Maloney

How Shadowy Corporations, Secret Deals and False Promises Keep Retired Coal Plants From Being Redeveloped

By Daniel Propp

Tish O'Dell, next to artist Andrea Bowers' "We Must Rise Above the Tides," in the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MoCa). Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

‘Truth, Reckoning and Right Relationship’: A Rights of Nature Epiphany

By Katie Surma

The J.M. Stuart Station, a coal plant that closed in 2018, is seen behind the Three Mile Creek near Manchester, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

New EPA Rule Could Accelerate Cleanup of Coal Ash Dumps

By Daniel Propp

A view of wind turbines at Grand Ridge Energy Center in LaSalle County, Illinois. Wind energy is the leading source of renewable energy in Illinois. Credit: Invenergy

Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

The STEM Teaching and Learning Facility at Michigan State University is the first mass timber building in Michigan. Credit: Integrated Design Solutions

Researchers at Michigan Tech Want to Create a High-Tech Wood Product Called Cross-Laminated Timber From the State’s Hardwood Trees

By Drew Saunders

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