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Why Michigan’s Clean Energy Bill Is a Really Big Deal
Michigan is set to become the third state in the Midwest and twelfth in the country to require a shift to clean electricity. Of all those states, Michigan is one of the most ambitious because of the extent of the change it is making. Michigan’s target year for reaching 100 percent clean electricity is 2040, […]
Read MoreHow Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines Ever Proposed
After half a decade of failed attempts, Kathleen Campbell thought 2021 would finally be the year she retired. That is—until she received a letter in December from Navigator CO2 Ventures. The company wanted to build part of its carbon dioxide pipeline through her property, about 1,000 feet from her rural Illinois home, just south of […]
Read MoreQ&A: How Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a Southeast Side Native, Plans to Tackle Environmental Racism
Chicago is at a crucial moment as city officials and community leaders take the first steps to tackle environmental discrimination after a federal investigation revealed how the city’s zoning and planning practices have disproportionately placed polluting businesses in predominantly Black and Hispanic communities in the South and West Side. At the center of this endeavor […]
Read MoreChicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes
CHICAGO—The city’s current goal to remove lead drinking water pipes within half a century is too long of a timeline, environmental activists argued at a rally here on Wednesday. They called on the EPA to update its federal regulation to control lead and copper in drinking water and enforce a 10-year deadline to replace all […]
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