Midwest

As Illinois Strains to Pass a Major Clean Energy Law, a Big Coal Plant Stands in the Way

The Prairie State power plant may be forced to close much sooner than owners expected, but communities it provided with electricity could have to pay for it for years to come.

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times, and Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News

How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law

By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Wind Energy Is a Big Business in Indiana, Leading to Awkward Alliances

By Dan Gearino

How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction

By Kristoffer Tigue

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

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: The Solar Boom Arrives in Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Illinois Faces (Another) Nuclear Power Standoff

By Dan Gearino

Illinois and Ohio Bribery Scandals Show the Perils of Mixing Utilities and Politics

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Ohio’s Bribery Scandal is Bad. The State’s Lack of an Energy Plan May Be Worse

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: With Planned Closing of N.D. Coal Plant, Energy Transition Comes to Rural America

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Rooftop Solar Wins Big in Kansas Court Ruling

By Dan Gearino

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

By Dan Gearino

Indiana Bill Would Make it Harder to Close Coal Plants

By Dan Gearino

Amy Klobuchar on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands

By Dan Gearino

Unfamiliar Ground: Bracing for Climate Impacts in the American Midwest

By Dan Gearino

As Climate Change Threatens Midwest's Cultural Identity, Cities Test Ways to Adapt

By Dan Gearino

Utilities Are Promising Net Zero Carbon Emissions, But Don't Expect Big Changes Soon

By Dan Gearino