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Expect to pay more to heat your home this winter after the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved Consumers Energy natural gas rate increases this week.

A $95 million rate hike was approved for Consumers Energy this week, which means residential customers will be paying a bit more starting this fall.

The state approved a settlement Wednesday that will let Consumers Energy raise its rate by $95 million.

The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a settlement agreement that permits Consumers Energy to raise rates for their gas customers.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) gave a nod to Consumers Energy Co. last week, approving a 5.8% natural gas rate increase to upgrade and

PITTSBURGH -- Pennsylvanians were overwhelmingly present during three days of virtual public testimony to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week, sharing why a proposal to sharply reduce methane pollution from the oil and natural-gas industry is needed. The rule would reduce 41 million tons of methane emissions from 2023 to 2035, according to the EPA. Rajani Vaidyanathan, a Pittsburgh resident and volunteer with Moms Clean Air Force, said during the hearing the changes would have ...

LOS ANGELES -- California-based facilities are refining half of all the oil drilled in the Amazon rain forests, according to a new report by the groups Amazon Watch and Stand.earth. Now, organizations fighting climate change are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to end oil imports from the Amazon region. ...

DENVER -- President Joe Bidens Build Back Better Act includes reforms for oil and gas production on public lands first introduced by the Reagan administration. Pegah Jalali, environmental policy analyst at the Colorado Fiscal Institute, sees the reforms as an opportunity to hold companies accountable for environmental costs, and to fix a program a recent Department of Interior report found to be outdated and broken. "It benefits oil and gas companies," Jalali contended. &...