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Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Michigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle

by Grist September 11, 2024
Posted inAdvocacy, Chicago, Climate Change, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract

by Grist August 9, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose

by Grist July 12, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods

by Grist July 10, 2024
Posted inFeatured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Indigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting

by Grist May 2, 2024
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time

by Grist April 11, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Is the USDA’s spending on ‘climate-smart’ farming actually helping the climate?

by Grist March 7, 2024
Posted inChicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region

Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction

by Grist January 31, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

The EPA is aiming to get rid of lead pipes in 10 years. But not in Chicago.

by Grist December 5, 2023
Posted inChicago, Guest Article, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region

On Chicago’s South Side, neighbors fight to keep Lake Michigan at bay

by Grist August 16, 2023November 8, 2025

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Latest News

  • 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.
  • Michigan bald eagle success story faces new threats
    Severe weather and food challenges threaten one of the nation’s greatest conservation comebacks.

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