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Cleveland-Cliffs, a Northwest Indiana steel mill, has agreed to pay $3 million in penalties, donate more than 100 acres of land for conservation and…

More toxic lead pipes than any other region of the country. An unmatched legacy of abandoned, highly polluted industrial sites. Dozens of corporations chronically in trouble for poisoning air and

Former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo's companies received about $22 million from FirstEnergy entities from 2010 through 2019, according to a federal court filing

  The nation is facing once-in-a-generation choices about how energy ought to be delivered to homes, businesses and electric cars — decisions that could shape the course of climate change and determine how the United States copes with wildfires, heat waves and other extreme weather linked to global warming. On one side, large electric utilities and President Joe Biden want to build thousands of miles of power lines to move electricity created by distant wind turbines and solar farms to citie...

Time to Cut the Manure! Author: Jun 1, 2021 As we roll into summer, there may be some encouraging news for many of the nation’s waterways as predictions are calling for smaller Harmful Algae Blooms due to an unusually dry spring in many areas. But don’t be lulled into backing off demands that the real problem still must be addressed — in a word, manure! First, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration along with the National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg Univer...

At issue is whether former Commissioner Mike Huebsch’s interactions with one of the project’s owners tainted his approval of the line, which the Public Service Commission authorized with a 3-0

Home » News » How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law Source: By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times • Posted: Monday, May 24, 2021 State lawmakers are running out of time to fix 2016 clean energy legislation. Pete Southerton (left) and Tom Bradshaw, of solar e...

Renewable energy cheated in uneasy coalition with Exelon nuclear, in Illinois How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law, Inside Climate News State lawmakers are running out of time to fix 2016 clean energy legislation. By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-TimesMay 21, 2021 This article is the result of a partnership between Inside Climate News and the Chicago Sun-Times. CHICAGO—Just over five y...

A proposed high-voltage power line between northern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin faces yet another legal challenge. Environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers in federal court Wednesday over its permit allowing utilities to place towers in the Mississippi River for the $492 million project known as Cardinal-Hickory Creek. The National Wildlife Refuge Association, Driftless Area Land Conservancy and three other organizations say the agency violated federal environmental law by fail...

U.S. Senate confirms Hoosier Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator in Bidens EPA Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT The U.S. Senate confirmed Hoosier Janet McCabe to be deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday. President Joe Biden nominated McCabe for the position in January.  That means she will serve as the No. 2 under the agencys incoming leader Michael Regan, who was nominated for his experience as top environmental reg...