Tag: Illinois
Consumers Energy in negotiations to sell its aging Michigan dams
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Consumers Energy is looking to offload its aging hydroelectric dams. The utility, which said it is losing money on needed but costly upkeep, is in negotiations to sell its 13 Michigan dams for $1 each and then enter into an agreement to buy the power they produce.
As data centers proliferate across Illinois, communities grapple with how to supply the necessary water
By Susan Cosier, Inside Climate News
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Illinois is already a top destination for data centers, and more are coming.
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension.
Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.
2 Millions Jobs at Risk if Republicans Repeal Clean Manufacturing Tax Credits
For the past few weeks — or months — we’ve been covering the risks of Congress and Donald Trump repealing the the Clean Manufacturing Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In the past week, now that a Republican House bill repealing them has been passed to the … [continued]
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New book digs into Indigenous cuisine through archaeology, culture and ecology
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Isabella Figueroa, Great Lakes Echo
In a new book, archeologists who study past societies of the Great Lakes and Midwest agree “you are what you eat,” but they say there’s a lot more to it than that.