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University of Michigan comes to Detroit’s east side with inaugural ‘Sustainability Clinic’

Technical support from students and professors will combine with “local wisdom” from residents and local organizations to create solutions to Detroit’s climate issues.

By Rukiya Colvin . 19 November 2021
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Environmental group demands Spire halt ‘false and defamatory’ messaging about pipeline

The Environmental Defense Fund says it has received threatening messages because of Spire’s warnings about the potential fate of the pipeline.

By Allison Kite . 16 November 2021
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Northern Minn. collaboration finds right combination for solar-storage project

After six years of twists and turns, a solar-storage project is finally nearing completion in a northern Minnesota city, where local leaders first fought, then collaborated with their electricity supplier to complete the project.

By Frank Jossi . 16 November 2021
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Minnesota bets on electric school buses to improve health and cut emissions

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's pilot project has awarded bus vendors and school districts $2.1 million of Volkswagen settlement money to buy eight electric buses.

By Yasmine Askari . 15 November 2021
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After pipeline fights, tribes get chance to tell different story with electric vehicles

The U.S. Department of Energy this month awarded groups on the Standing Rock and Red Lake Indian reservations money for an inter-tribal electric vehicle charging network connecting communities in the Upper Midwest.

By Frank Jossi . 15 November 2021
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Michigan group lays out vision for 100% clean energy in Highland Park

With more favorable energy policies, the city could produce as much power as it consumes with clean energy.

By Rukiya Colvin . 12 November 2021
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Black Appalachian Coalition aims to shift narrative on energy, other issues

The group is working to counter the longstanding erasure and exclusion of Black voices from policy discussions in the region.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 12 November 2021
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Evergy’s conflicting power plans undermine stakeholder input, critics say

In a docket opened this fall, the Kansas electric utility departs from the yet-to-be-approved integrated resource plan it submitted earlier this year, provoking an outcry among clean energy proponents.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 10 November 2021
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Ohio utilities FirstEnergy and AEP still spending big on lobbying

Although FirstEnergy dialed back reported campaign spending in the wake of House Bill 6, the company spent $500,000 on congressional lobbying from July through September. AEP spent even more.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 9 November 2021
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Power shutoffs deepened pandemic toll while utilities collected millions in relief

A nationwide ban on utility disconnections could have reduced COVID-related deaths by nearly 15% in 2020, an analysis found. Utility companies lobbied against such ratepayer protections; meanwhile, some paid out billions in CEO compensation and shareholder dividends.

By Audrey Henderson . 8 November 2021

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University of Michigan comes to Detroit’s east side with inaugural ‘Sustainability Clinic’

Environmental group demands Spire halt ‘false and defamatory’ messaging about pipeline

Northern Minn. collaboration finds right combination for solar-storage project

Minnesota bets on electric school buses to improve health and cut emissions

After pipeline fights, tribes get chance to tell different story with electric vehicles

Michigan group lays out vision for 100% clean energy in Highland Park

Black Appalachian Coalition aims to shift narrative on energy, other issues

Evergy’s conflicting power plans undermine stakeholder input, critics say

Ohio utilities FirstEnergy and AEP still spending big on lobbying

Power shutoffs deepened pandemic toll while utilities collected millions in relief