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These Small- and Medium-Sized States Punch Above Their Weight in Renewable Energy Generation

While Texas and California lead the country in wind and solar, several others leap ahead once we take into account each state’s land area.

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines spin above corn fields near Carroll, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images
A sign, placed by the EPA, warns people not to play on the lawn at the West Calumet Housing Complex on April 19, 2017 in East Chicago, Indiana. Nearly all the residents of the complex were ordered to move by the East Chicago Housing Authority after the soil and many homes were found to contain high levels of lead. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin Lag on Environmental Justice Issues

By Grace van Deelen

Corn is harvested in this aerial photograph taken above Malden, Illinois, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Despite Capitol Hill Enthusiasm for Planting Crops to Store Carbon, Few Farmers are Doing It, Report Finds

By Georgina Gustin

Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break Sept. 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across western Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

The Des Moines City Council unanimously voted this week in favor of a resolution that sets a goal of reaching 24/7 carbon-free electricity by 2035. Credit: Steve Pope/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Des Moines Just Set a New Bar for City Clean Energy Goals

By Dan Gearino

Solar photovoltaic power plant farm installation on Long Island, New York. Ohio now ranks 28th in the country in installed solar capacity, but ranks 14th in projected new capacity coming online in the next five years. Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Solar Boom Arrives in Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Democrat Theresa Greenfield (left) is running against Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to represent Iowa in the Senate. Credit: Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call; Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Senate 2020: Iowa Farms Feel the Effects of Climate Change. Will That Make it Harder for Joni Ernst?

By Georgina Gustin

John Davis. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate: The Family Home Had Gone Untouched by Floods for Over 80 Years, Until the Levee Breached

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Gabe Richardson. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate Video: When a School Gym Becomes a Relief Center

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Kim and Kevin Johnson. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate: In Iowa, After the Missouri River Flooded, a Paradise Lost

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Iowa caucuses. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

In Iowa, Sanders and Buttigieg Approached Climate from Different Angles—and Scored

By Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, by Marianne Lavelle and Georgina Gustin

Muscatine Coal Plant

In Iowa, Poor Data Hampers EPA Coal Cleanup

By B. Adam Burke, Midwest Energy News

Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success

By Dave Levitan

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