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ICN reporter Dan Gearinoa

Dan Gearino

Reporter, Clean Energy

Dan Gearino covers the business and policy of renewable energy and utilities, often with an emphasis on the midwestern United States. He is the main author of ICN’s Inside Clean Energy newsletter. He came to ICN in 2018 after a nine-year tenure at The Columbus Dispatch, where he covered the business of energy. Before that, he covered politics and business in Iowa and in New Hampshire. He grew up in Warren County, Iowa, just south of Des Moines, and lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Offshore wind turbines. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

What the Government's Energy Outlook Misses and Why It Matters

By Dan Gearino

Algae blooms have become a growing problem as temperatures warm, particularly on Lake Erie, where rivers also feed them with nutrients from farm runoff. Credit: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon/NASA

New Governors Target Climate Change from Day One in Vulnerable Great Lakes Region

By Dan Gearino

Xcel Energy's Rush Creek Wind Farm mixes renewable energy and agriculture. Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty

A Clean Energy Revolution Is Rising in the Midwest, with Utilities in the Vanguard

By Dan Gearino

Home-builder Bill Decker explains some of the techniques used to create highly energy-efficient homes in chilly southeast Michigan. Credit: Dan Gearino/InsideClimate News

Net-Zero Energy Homes Pay Off Faster Than You Think—Even in the Chilly Midwest

By Dan Gearino

Workers install wind blades on a wind turbine. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Rural Jobs: Another Big Reason Midwest States Should Love Clean Energy

By Dan Gearino

Michigan Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, supports clean energy. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Clean Energy Wins in Several States as Governors and Legislatures Go Blue

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

Illinois has a lot of wind power but limited solar capacity. That's about to change fast under an ambitious renewable energy law. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Can Illinois Handle a 2000% Jump in Solar Capacity? We’re About to Find Out.

By Dan Gearino

A solar installer on a rooftop. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Most Worrying Rooftop Solar Fight Since Nevada Cut Net-Metering Hits Michigan

By Dan Gearino

The Straits of Mackinac are a stretch of water connecting Lakes Michigan and Huron. Credit: Deb Nystrom/CC-BY-2.0

Enbridge Deal Would Replace a Troubled Great Lakes Pipeline, But When?

By Dan Gearino

Grand Ridge in Illinois combines wind and solar power in one site to save money and increase its power supply. Credit: Invenergy

Pairing Wind & Solar for Cheaper, 24-Hour Renewable Energy

By Dan Gearino

Imported solar panels on Vermont-made arrays designed to track the sun. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Election 2018: Clean Energy’s Future Could Rise or Fall with These Governor’s Races

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

AEP's solar farm plan faces challenges as it goes through the regulatory approval process. Credit: Kerry Sheridan/AFP/Getty Images

Appalachia Could Get a Giant Solar Farm, If Ohio Regulators Approve

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines tower over Exelon's nuclear power plant near Marseilles, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

2 Courts Upheld State Nuclear Subsidies. Here's Why That's a Big Deal for Renewable Energy, Too.

By Dan Gearino,   

Cleveland, Ohio. Credit: Chris Gent/CC-BY-SA-4.0

100% Renewable Energy: Cleveland Sets a Big Goal as It Sheds Its Fossil Fuel Past

By Dan Gearino

North Carolina gets about 4.6 percent of its electricity from solar panels. The state's solar farms came through Hurricane Florence with little damage. Credit: Duke Energy

Solar Energy Largely Unscathed by Hurricane Florence’s Wind and Rain

By Dan Gearino

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