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Midwest Energy News

Climate funding targets Minnesota food systems

By Andy Balaskovitz . 23 July 2024
Clean energy

Keeping US carbon cuts on track will hinge on the upcoming election

The Biden admin has made progress on cutting emissions, but a new report says those gains are fragile — and could be undone by a Republican victory in November.

By Jeff St. John . 23 July 2024
Clean energy

Goodbye to the first climate president

President Joe Biden has done more to support clean energy than any president before, giving the U.S. a fighting chance to cut emissions at the speed climate change demands.

By Jeff St. John, Dan McCarthy . 22 July 2024
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Conservative clean energy advocates keep Trump’s rhetoric at arm’s length

During the Republican National Convention, conservative leaders and advocates downplayed the former president’s comments, saying market forces can keep driving clean energy if he is re-elected.

By Kari Lydersen . 22 July 2024
Clean energy

Chart: 85% of new electricity built in 2023 came from renewables

A whopping 473 gigawatts of clean energy capacity was installed last year, yet another indicator of the rapid rise of solar and wind power.

By Carrie Klein . 19 July 2024
ENN

Billions in US funding boosts lithium mining, stressing water supplies

The energy transition is driving demand for batteries; funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and other federal programs is helping to fill it.

By Elyse Hauser . 18 July 2024
The complicated, local politics of offshore wind

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 17 July 2024
Electric vehicles

Tires wear out fast on EVs. This startup wants to fix that

EV adoption will help cut CO2 from cars, but the heavy, battery-laden vehicles could make tire pollution worse. Better tires can help.

By Carrie Klein . 17 July 2024
Fossil fuels

The battle to block Duke Energy's new gas plant

In North Carolina, community members and advocates see a path — however narrow — to defeating a proposed gas plant that would threaten state climate goals.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 16 July 2024
$1.7 billion for EV factory conversions

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 11 July 2024