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Rural jobs: A big reason Midwest should love clean energy

Inside Climate News, December 7, 2018

Xcel Energy works toward carbon-free power by 2050

Wisconsin Public Radio, December 6, 2018

Utility aims for zero carbon emissions from electric power

The Daily Reporter, December 5, 2018

Michigan Senate OKs bill to enable Great Lakes pipeline deal

The Daily Reporter, December 5, 2018

Xcel goal to provide 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050

Minnesota Star Tribune, December 4, 2018

How rural northern Wisconsin logged a record-setting solar group buy

Midwest Energy News, December 4, 2018

Scott Walker taps member of Cabinet to lead commission overseeing utilities

Wisconsin State Journal, December 4, 2018

Utility of the Year: Xcel Energy

Utility Dive, December 3, 2018

Snyder scraps plan to put Line 5 tunnel under bridge authority

Detroit Free Press, December 3, 2018

Walker appoints former Public Service Commission chair to new term on utility regulation board

Wisconsin State Journal, December 3, 2018

Here’s why more Wisconsin companies are adding rooftop solar energy panels

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 3, 2018

MGE customers to get additional break on electric rates for 2019

Wisconsin State Journal, November 30, 2018

Organic Valley and Clif Bar are making clean energy part of their operational recipes

The Daily Reporter, November 29, 2018

Racine water projects drawing competition as officials spend big to prepare for Foxconn

The Daily Reporter, November 29, 2018

Michigan to consider Straits oil pipeline legislation

The Daily Reporter, November 28, 2018

EPA refinery biofuel waiver program on hold pending review – sources

Reuters, November 28, 2018

Renewable energy is growing faster than many experts expected

Governing, November 27, 2018

Outgoing Michigan governor pushing for Great Lakes pipeline

The Daily Reporter, November 26, 2018

Meteor Timber’s $75M frac sand project still mired in legal challenges

Wisconsin State Journal, November 26, 2018

Utility, coal interests at odds as EPA weighs trading in power rule

Bloomberg, November 20, 2018

Lame-duck rush to secure Line 5 deal could face long-term challenge

Midwest Energy News, November 20, 2018

Line 3 oil pipeline moves closer to construction in northern Minnesota

Minnesota Public Radio, November 19, 2018

Protesters disrupt regulatory hearing on Enbridge pipeline

The Daily Reporter, November 19, 2018

WPS ends operations at Kewaunee County wind farm

Fox 11, November 18, 2018

New buildings in Milwaukee could be required to install solar panels under new proposed legislation

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 16, 2018

In resource planning, utilities work to balance flexibility, reliability

Daily Energy Insider, November 15, 2018

Dairyland Power, Minnesota Power to seek permits for $700M power plant in Superior early next year

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 13, 2018

Group files lawsuit to stop Back Forty Mine

Fox 11, November 13, 2018

Farmland solar installations on the rise, but meeting local pushback

Axios, November 13, 2018

Report offers 10 options to preserve utility role amid clean energy transition

Utility Dive, November 12, 2018

Jackson County frac sand project may be scrapped after legal challenge from neighbors

Chippewa Herald, November 10, 2018

Pipeline vandals are reinventing climate activism

Wired, November 9, 2018

Michigan officials urge bridge authority to OK pipeline deal

The Daily Reporter, November 9, 2018

Federal judge halts Keystone XL pipeline construction

CNN, November 9, 2018

Community weighs in on proposed transmission line from Middleton to Dubuque County, Iowa

WKOW, November 8, 2018

Blue wave in Midwest raises hopes for more green energy

E & E Publishing, November 8, 2018

Board chair: Lynne mining ‘off the table’ after convincing referendum vote Tuesday

WJFW, November 7, 2018

With Democrats poised to take House, energy sector faces reckoning

Houston Chronicle, November 5, 2018

How electric utilities and their executives contributed in nine governor races

Energy and Policy Institute, November 2, 2018

AGs on Trump carbon rule: ‘This will end up in the courts’

E & E Publishing, November 2, 2018

Marathon sees 18 percent decrease in earnings

Toledo Blade, November 1, 2018

Door-knockers, mailers try to make impression as mining voter nears in Oneida Co.

WJFW, November 1, 2018

Is the fox guarding the hen house? Utility companies pay for regulatory staff reviewing power line proposed for Driftless Area

The Isthmus, November 1, 2018

Petitions delivered supporting solar power for Foxconn campus

Racine Journal Times, October 31, 2018

We Energies buys property for substation at 3rd Ward apartment site

Milwaukee Business Journal, October 30, 2018

Minnesota approves partnership, says no to environmental review of Superior power plant

Wisconsin State Journal, October 30, 2018

Hydrogen fluoride questions remain as Husky reports 300 percent profit gain in third quarter

Wisconsin Public Radio, October 29, 2018

Xcel Energy and Google launch effort to develop new energy solutions

Associated Press, October 29, 2018

Recycled electronics raise money for solar panels

Wisconsin State Journal, October 29, 2018

Ashland must spend millions to reach renewable goal

APG Media, October 25, 2018

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