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

Hotly debated legislation would open the state to renewable energy projects, trumping local restrictions.

By Dan Gearino

A farmer feeds cows in front of wind turbines that stand at the Amazon Wind Farm Fowler Ridge in Fowler, Indiana on Aug. 3, 2016. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Xcel Energy is proposing to stop burning coal at the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota, and build a natural gas power plant on the site. Credit: Tony Webster

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

By Dan Gearino

Protesters of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement project walk through the project's construction zone near Palisade, Minnesota. The oil pipeline will stretch through 337 miles in northern Minnesota. Credit: Nedahness Greene

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

By Kristoffer Tigue

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

Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. Credit: State of Ohio

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

By Dan Gearino

Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder. Credit: State of Ohio

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

By Dan Gearino

The Coal Creek electric power plant in North Dakota will soon close. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

Households with rooftop solar in Kansas are charged an additional fee to subsidize the electrical grid. A ruling in the Kansas Supreme Court deemed this discriminatory. Credit: Cromwell Solar of Lawrence, Kansas

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

By Dan Gearino

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

Nipsco Power Station in Michigan City, Indiana. Credit: Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Indiana Bill Would Make it Harder to Close Coal Plants

By Dan Gearino

Amy Klobuchar. Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Amy Klobuchar on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands

By Dan Gearino

Unfamiliar Ground: Bracing for Climate Impacts in the American Midwest

Unfamiliar Ground: Bracing for Climate Impacts in the American Midwest

By Dan Gearino

Midwest flooding in the spring of 2019 in Craig, Missouri. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

DTE's Monroe Power Plant. Ken Lund/CC-BY-SA-2.0

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

By Dan Gearino

Perry Nuclear Power Plant. Credit: FirstEnergy/CC-BY-ND-2.0

Ohio Governor Signs Nuclear and Coal Bailout at Expense of Renewable Energy

By Dan Gearino

Algae blooms in Lake Erie in 2011. Credit: NASA

Algae Blooms Fed by Farm Flooding Add to Midwest's Climate Woes

By Georgina Gustin

One possibility being explored in several states is to develop rates based on the value of rooftop solar power to the grid, including environmental benefits. Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

As Rooftop Solar Grows, What Should the Future of Net Metering Look Like?

By Dan Gearino

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