Coal Ash Along the Shores of the Great Lakes Threatens Water Quality as Residents Rally for Change More than 100 coal ash waste sites, many unregulated, sit just feet from the Great Lakes, raising concerns for nearby communities and the 30 million people who rely on the lakes for drinking water. By Grace van Deelen
Minnesota Is Poised to Pass an Ambitious 100 Percent Clean Energy Bill. Now About Those Incinerators… By Aydali Campa
Road Salts Wash Into Mississippi River, Damaging Ecosystems and Pipes By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As Flooding Increases, Chicago Looks To Make Basement Housing Safer By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine
One Farmer Set Off a Solar Energy Boom in Rural Minnesota; 10 Years Later, Here’s How It Worked Out By Dan Gearino
A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back By James Bruggers
A New Push Is on in Chicago to Connect Urban Farmers With Institutional Buyers Like Schools and Hospitals By Aydali Campa
Wisconsin Advocates Push to Ensure $700 Million in Water Infrastructure Improvements Go to Those Who Need It Most By Aydali Campa
Chicago Institutions Just Got $25 Million to Study Local Effects of Climate Change. Here’s How They Plan to Use It By Aydali Campa
Outnumbered: In Rural Ohio, Two Supporters of Solar Power Step Into a Roomful of Opposition By Dan Gearino
Chicago Mayor Slow to Act on Promises to Build Green Economy by Repurposing Polluted Industrial Sites By Brett Chase
Sale of North Dakota’s Largest Coal Plant Is Almost Complete. Then Will Come the Hard Part By Dan Gearino
Illinois Now Boasts the ‘Most Equitable’ Climate Law in America. So What Will That Mean? By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino
Inside Clean Energy: In Illinois, an Energy Bill Passes That Illustrates the Battle Lines of the Broader Energy Debate By Dan Gearino