Skip to content
  • Science
  • Politics & Policy
  • Justice
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • Today’s Climate
  • Projects
  • About Us
Inside Climate News
Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonpartisan reporting on the biggest crisis facing our planet.
Donate

Search

  • Science
  • Politics & Policy
  • Justice
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • Today’s Climate
  • Projects
  • About Us
  • Newsletters

Topics

  • Activism
  • Arctic
  • Business & Finance
  • Climate Law & Liability
  • Climate Treaties
  • Denial & Misinformation
  • Environment & Health
  • Extreme Weather
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Fracking
  • Nuclear
  • Pipelines
  • Regulation
  • Super-Pollutants
  • Water/Drought
  • Wildfires

Information

  • About
  • Jobs & Freelance
  • Reporting Network
  • Impact Statement
  • Contact
  • Whistleblowers
  • Memberships
  • Ways to Give
  • Fellows & Fellowships

Publications

  • E-Books
  • Documents

Midwest

Solar installers work on a home rooftop in Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

U.S. Solar Jobs Fell with Trump’s Tariffs, But These States Are Adding More

By Dan Gearino

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Credit: Governor's Office

Michigan's New Governor Puts Climate Change at Heart of Government

By Dan Gearino

Temperatures plunged to well below zero in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Power Companies vs. the Polar Vortex: How Did the Grid Hold Up?

By Dan Gearino

Offshore wind turbines. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

What the Government's Energy Outlook Misses and Why It Matters

By Dan Gearino

Algae blooms have become a growing problem as temperatures warm, particularly on Lake Erie, where rivers also feed them with nutrients from farm runoff. Credit: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon/NASA

New Governors Target Climate Change from Day One in Vulnerable Great Lakes Region

By Dan Gearino

Xcel Energy's Rush Creek Wind Farm mixes renewable energy and agriculture. Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty

A Clean Energy Revolution Is Rising in the Midwest, with Utilities in the Vanguard

By Dan Gearino

Journalists: Apply Now for ICN’s Midwest Reporting Workshop

By ICN Staff

Home-builder Bill Decker explains some of the techniques used to create highly energy-efficient homes in chilly southeast Michigan. Credit: Dan Gearino/InsideClimate News

Net-Zero Energy Homes Pay Off Faster Than You Think—Even in the Chilly Midwest

By Dan Gearino

Workers install wind blades on a wind turbine. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Rural Jobs: Another Big Reason Midwest States Should Love Clean Energy

By Dan Gearino

Illinois has a lot of wind power but limited solar capacity. That's about to change fast under an ambitious renewable energy law. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Can Illinois Handle a 2000% Jump in Solar Capacity? We’re About to Find Out.

By Dan Gearino

A solar installer on a rooftop. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Most Worrying Rooftop Solar Fight Since Nevada Cut Net-Metering Hits Michigan

By Dan Gearino

The Straits of Mackinac are a stretch of water connecting Lakes Michigan and Huron. Credit: Deb Nystrom/CC-BY-2.0

Enbridge Deal Would Replace a Troubled Great Lakes Pipeline, But When?

By Dan Gearino

Grand Ridge in Illinois combines wind and solar power in one site to save money and increase its power supply. Credit: Invenergy

Pairing Wind & Solar for Cheaper, 24-Hour Renewable Energy

By Dan Gearino

Imported solar panels on Vermont-made arrays designed to track the sun. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Election 2018: Clean Energy’s Future Could Rise or Fall with These Governor’s Races

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

AEP's solar farm plan faces challenges as it goes through the regulatory approval process. Credit: Kerry Sheridan/AFP/Getty Images

Appalachia Could Get a Giant Solar Farm, If Ohio Regulators Approve

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines tower over Exelon's nuclear power plant near Marseilles, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

2 Courts Upheld State Nuclear Subsidies. Here's Why That's a Big Deal for Renewable Energy, Too.

By Dan Gearino,   

Posts navigation

Prev 1 … 3 4

Newsletters

We deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else. Every day or once a week, our original stories and digest of the web's top headlines deliver the full story, for free.

Keep Environmental Journalism Alive

ICN provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going.

Donate Now
Inside Climate News
  • Science
  • Politics & Policy
  • Justice
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Whistleblowers
  • Privacy Policy
Inside Climate News uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept this policy. Learn More