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Author Archives: Canary Media

Posted inIndustry, Energy, Economic Development

Which Great Lakes states are advancing balcony solar?

by Canary Media April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

Dozens of states are considering legislation to allow residents to use DIY plug-in solar. Follow the efforts here.

Posted inIndustry, Energy, Economic Development

What’s next for Ohio’s former green steel project? More coal, it seems.

by Canary Media April 1, 2026April 1, 2026
Posted inIndustry, Energy, Economic Development

Ohio blocks big solar farm, despite apparently fake public comments

by Canary Media March 26, 2026April 1, 2026
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Ohio to fast-track energy at former coal mines and brownfields

by Canary Media October 20, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together

by Canary Media September 18, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News

This startup turns steel and aluminum waste into usable metals

by Canary Media June 18, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News

How sensors, software, and other tech could help Ohio’s aging power grid

by Canary Media June 12, 2025
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Why an Ohio ban on settlements to close ​‘base load’ power plants matters for clean energy

by Canary Media June 3, 2025
Posted inIndustry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region

Why the solar industry is counting Ohio’s newest energy law as a win

by Canary Media May 30, 2025
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Rising utility bills have Americans worried

by Canary Media April 29, 2025

Latest News

  • Federal wildfire bill may repeal ‘roadless rule’ that protects national forest land in Wisconsin
    First passed in 2001, the rule prevents logging and road construction on almost 59 million acres of national forest land, including 69,000 acres of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin.
  • Oneida County Health Department to monitor five public beaches for E. coli this summer
    Wisconsin's Oneida County Health Department will be testing the water at five public beaches this summer.
  • Coast Guard investigating beacon stolen from Superior lighthouse
    The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the theft of a navigational beacon at the lighthouse that guides ships into the Superior harbor.

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