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Michigan

Minnesota Has Passed a Landmark Clean Energy Law. Which State Is Next?

New Jersey, Michigan and Maryland are among the ones to watch, but one seems more likely than the others to pass energy major legislation this year.

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines stand along the ridge of Backbone Mountain on Aug. 23, 2022 near Oakland, Maryland. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/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

An electric vehicle charging station in Monterey Park, California on May 18, 2021. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Three Midwestern States to Watch as They Navigate Equitable Rollout for EV Charging

By Aydali Campa

Maryland Democratic Governor-elect Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor-elect Aruna Miller celebrate during an Election Night party for Maryland Democrats at The Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland on Nov. 8, 2022. Credit: Eric Lee for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Four States Just Got a ‘Trifecta’ of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Aydali Campa

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at Our Next Energy's ribbon cutting ceremony in Novi, Michigan. Photo Courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor of Michigan

The EV Battery Boom Is Here, With Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories

By Dan Gearino

President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on Nov. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Confusion Over Line 5 Shutdown Highlights Biden’s Tightrope Walk on Climate and Environmental Justice

By Kristoffer Tigue

The Tittabawassee River breached a dam on May 20, 2020 in Sanford, Michigan, requiring thousands of residents to evacuate. Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

In Michigan, Dams Plus Climate Change Equals a Disastrous Mix

By Bob Berwyn

Solar panels. Credit: Kerry Sheridan/AFP/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: A Michigan Utility Just Raised the Bar on Emissions-Cutting Plans

By Dan Gearino

Another Major Pipeline Through Michigan

By David Hasemyer

Oil cleanup on the Kalamazoo River.

6B Cleanup Aims to Stop Spreading Oil

By Lisa Song

Enbridge construction of the new 6B pipeline in Michigan, October 2012.

Michigan Approves 6B Pipeline Replacement

By Lisa Song

Cleanup workers removing submerged oil.

Enbridge Balking at Clean-Up of Its Oil Spill

By Lisa Song

Enbridge construction of the Line 6b replacement in Howell, Mich.

Landowner Suit Against Enbridge to Continue

By Lisa Song

Bill Clinton and Prop 3

In Michigan, Clean Energy Decision Rests with Voters

By Maria Galluci

Map of Line 6b replacement

Hearing Postponed to Halt Enbridge Pipeline Project

By David Hasemyer

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow

Michigan's Elected Leaders Silent on Pipeline Fight

By David Hasemyer

Trees on Debbie Hense's land cut down by Enbridge.

In Pipeline Fight, Small Victories for Mich. Landowners

By David Hasemyer

Landowner Carol Brimhall

Pipeline Project Raises Mich. Landowners' Ire

By David Hasemyer

Technicians prepare the pipe before removing the ruptured section of 6B.

Feds Blame Enbridge for 'Complete Breakdown of Safety'

By Lisa Song and Elizabeth McGowan, InsideClimate News

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