Would Upper Midwest carbon capture pipelines offer a lifeline to coal plants?
An environmental group is warning that a proposed pipeline network that would carry carbon emissions to underground storage in Illinois and North Dakota could also extend the life of fossil fuel power...
View ArticleThe Midwest lost clean energy jobs in 2020, but there were signs of hope, new...
The pandemic year of 2020 saw a sharp decline in clean energy jobs across the Midwest, the first year-to-year drop since the 2017 inception of annual clean energy jobs reports by the Clean Energy...
View ArticleAfter pipeline fights, tribes get chance to tell different story with...
A tribal clean energy developer hopes an electric vehicle infrastructure grant can help two Upper Midwest reservations move forward after recent pipeline battles. Bob Blake is executive director of...
View ArticleNorth Dakota’s ‘cleanest crypto’ claim ignores state’s fossil fuel-powered grid
North Dakota officials are marketing the state as a destination for cryptocurrency companies that want to clean up the industry’s image as a wasteful climate polluter, touting the state as a home for...
View ArticleCoal ash crackdown continues as EPA denies extensions for six power plants
The U.S. EPA on Wednesday denied six coal plants’ requests to keep dumping toxic ash into unlined or inadequately lined pits, signaling the agency’s commitment to enforce the 2015 federal coal ash...
View ArticleThe Midwest’s grid operator is planning a massive new transmission buildout....
The Midwest’s regional transmission grid operator this week announced another multi-billion dollar phase of transmission line projects as part of a four-part push to improve reliability and reduce...
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