Midwest

Minnesota Eyes Permitting Reform for Clean Energy Amid Gridlock in Congress

Bills meant to streamline federal permit approvals have stalled, but states are already passing their own measures. That could be key to speeding up the energy transition, experts say.

By Kristoffer Tigue

Just How Much Money Do CO2 Pipeline Companies Stand to Make From the Inflation Reduction Act?

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Kristoffer Tigue

Understanding the Weather Behind a Down Year for Wind Energy

By Dan Gearino

Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Northern Wisconsin

By Phil McKenna, Noel Lyn Smith

Warm Winter Threatens Recreation Revenue in the Upper Midwest

By Kristoffer Tigue

Fighting for a Foothold in American Law, the Rights of Nature Movement Finds New Possibilities in a Change of Venue: the Arts

By Katie Surma

A Boutique Hotel Helps Explain the Benefits of Businesses and Government Teaming Up to Conserve Energy

By Dan Gearino

A Minnesota Utility Is Swapping Coal for Solar. It’s Like Taking 780,000 Cars Off the Road

By Kristoffer Tigue

A Plant Proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, Would Have Turned Tons of Tires Into Synthetic Gas. Local Officials Said Not So Fast

By James Bruggers

EVs and $9,000 Air Tanks: Iowa First Responders Fear the Dangers—and Costs—of CO2 Pipelines

By Kristoffer Tigue

We Went to the First EV Charging Station Funded by the Federal Infrastructure Law

By Dan Gearino

Ohio Fails to Pass Restrictions on College Teaching About Climate Policies

By Dan Gearino

Why Michigan’s Clean Energy Bill Is a Really Big Deal

By Dan Gearino

Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100 Percent Clean Electricity

By Dan Gearino, Aydali Campa

Q&A: How Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a Southeast Side Native, Plans to Tackle Environmental Racism

By Aydali Campa

Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy 

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Chicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes

By Aydali Campa

Midwesterners Lament Lack of Transparency as Coalition Seeks Federal Aid for Proposed Hydrogen Hub

By Grace van Deelen

Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water

By Dani Kington, Athens County Independent