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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

Indiana’s project could help to electrify long-haul trucks that require significantly larger batteries due to their size. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A Highway in Indiana Could One Day Charge Your EV While You’re Driving It

By Kristoffer Tigue

The Oglala Sioux Tribe could use old wells with elevated levels of arsenic to combat future wildfires. Credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images and Grist

Water From Arsenic-Laced Wells Could Protect the Pine Ridge Reservation From Wildfires

By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist

A National Wildlife Federation diver inspects Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. Credit: National Wildlife Federation video screenshot

Biden Administration Slams Enbridge for Ongoing Trespass on Bad River Reservation But Says Pipeline Treaty With Canada Must Be Honored

By Phil McKenna

Construction on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line is nearly complete, but a legal challenge has stopped work on the final two two miles in Iowa. Pictured is a different portion of the line when it was still being built. Credit: American Transmission Co.

A Power Line Debate Pits Environmental Allies Against Each Other in the Upper Midwest

By Dan Gearino

Abigail Barten (right), trail coordinator, pours and filters raw maple syrup into a tank for collection on March 16, 2023, at Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette

Midwest Maple Syrup Producers Adapt to Record Warm Winter, Uncertainty as Climate Changes

By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch and Brittney J. Miller, The Gazette/Wisconsin Watch

A fast-moving wildfire burned more than 1,000 acres this month near Wendell, Minnesota, about 150 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. Much of the Midwest has been under red flag warnings this spring following a record hot and dry winter that officials say has dramatically increased the threat of wildfires in the region. Credit: Courtesy of Fergus Falls Fire Department

From Michigan to Nebraska, Midwest States Face an Early Wildfire Season

By Kristoffer Tigue

Terry Berg, who has been selling cars at Cornerstone Ford since 1987, leads a customer through the showroom at the Elk River dealership. He drives an EV and likes selling them, but finds a lot of his clients are reluctant to make the leap. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

How Two Top Car Salesmen Pitch EVs, One in Trump Country and One on Biden’s Turf

By Dan Gearino

This sensor, made by Heimdall Power, helps the operator of a power line know how much more power can be sent through the line. The eight-pound ball is photographed in Norway. Credit: Heimdall Power

Grid-Enhancing ‘Magic Balls’ to Get a Major Test in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

The Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act could streamline the regulatory approval process for clean energy projects. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Minnesota Eyes Permitting Reform for Clean Energy Amid Gridlock in Congress

By Kristoffer Tigue

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