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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsMichigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle
-Natural gas power plants put in place just five years ago to replace coal in the state’s Upper Peninsula are now a conundrum for regulators.
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AdvocacyChicagoClimate ChangeEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchChicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract
-“That contract means nothing if our Earth is on fire.”
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What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose
-With the definition resolved, will the EPA come for polluting coal plants?
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FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods
-The federal agency is overhauling its disaster rules in a bid to end a cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas.
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Feature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First NationsIndigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting
-COP29 could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders are calling for a moratorium before it’s too late.
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeIn Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time
-The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
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Is the USDA’s spending on ‘climate-smart’ farming actually helping the climate?
-A new report asks whether supposedly green livestock practices have proven benefits.
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Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
-Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
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The EPA is aiming to get rid of lead pipes in 10 years. But not in Chicago.
-The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
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On Chicago’s South Side, neighbors fight to keep Lake Michigan at bay
-Flaws in federal flood maps leave millions unprepared. Some are trying to fix that.
