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Carrie Klein is a New York City-based reporter covering renewable energy and climate policy. She recently earned her master’s degree in science journalism at New York University. Her work has appeared in Canary Media, Audubon Magazine, Live Science, and Scienceline.

The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., was ordered to stay open by the Department of Energy earlier this year. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

By Carrie Klein

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials visit Georgia’s Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant construction site in 2021. Credit: NRC

It Just Got Easier to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Wisconsin

By Carrie Klein

A scrapper collects plumbing fixtures pulled out of the ground by the City of Flint’s lead line replacement crew on Aug. 12, 2021. Credit: Brittany Greeson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Flint Completes Required Lead Pipe Replacements

By Carrie Klein

A home with rooftop panels installed by CBS Solar in Michigan. Credit: Courtesy of CBS Solar

Tax Cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” Could Kill Solar Power Progress 

By Carrie Klein

Visitors stand atop a large mound of salt byproduct from lithium production at a mine in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals

By Carrie Klein

An emergency order last week blocked the retirement of the coal-fired J.H. Campbell Complex in Michigan. Credit: Consumers Energy

Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements

By Marianne Lavelle, Carrie Klein

Evaporation ponds hold produced water amid the oil wells of the Permian Basin in Loco Hills, N.M. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Mexico Bans Release of Treated Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Carrie Klein

A rendering of the Empire Wind 1 Sunset Park Onshore Substation that will connect the energy to New York City’s grid. Credit: Equinor

Trump Reverses Course on Empire Wind, Lifting Pause

By Carrie Klein

A BP cleanup crew shovels oil from a beach on May 24, 2010 at Port Fourchon, La. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Fifteen Years After Largest U.S. Offshore Oil Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs

By Carrie Klein

The Allegheny River and the Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River in downtown Pittsburgh. Credit: Nicolas DeSarno/Pexels

Should Pittsburgh’s Water Stay Public? Residents Will Get to Vote on It

By Carrie Klein

A pipeline marker is seen at the site of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 near the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Credit: Tony Webster/CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands

By Carrie Klein

The core module of China’s first small modular nuclear reactor is seen on July 13, 2023, before shipment to the construction site at the Changjiang nuclear power plant. Credit: Liu Xuan/VCG via Getty Images

Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030

By Carrie Klein

A view of the Palisades nuclear plant in Van Buren County, Mich. Credit: Holtec International

A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts?

By Carrie Klein

The currently retired Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is one of the oldest nuclear plants in the country, completed in 1971 along the shores of Lake Michigan. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Michigan Residents Push for an Environmental Impact Statement Before Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant

By Carrie Klein

An aerial view of the V.C. Summer nuclear site near Jenkinsville, S.C. Credit: High Flyer

Halted Nuclear Plant Project Could Restart in South Carolina

By Carrie Klein

Workers install one of the main power transformers for Silicon Ranch’s solar farm in Georgetown County, S.C. Credit: Courtesy of Silicon Ranch

South Carolina Is Untapped Ground for Solar Energy

By Carrie Klein

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