Megan Wittman is a Deputy Press Secretary in the Upper Midwest.
WISCONSIN – Another frac-out on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute construction has been reported at Trout Brook in Marengo, Wisconsin. It is only the latest frac out– or drilling fluid spill–…
MIDDLETOWN, OH — Cleveland-Cliffs and the Department of Energy announced plans to continue the use of coal at Cleveland-Cliffs’ Middletown Works steel mill today, abandoning previously announced…
MICHIGAN – Sierra Club, Michigan Environmental Council, and NRDC have filed their opening brief asking the Michigan Court of Appeals to overturn the Michigan Public Service Commission's (MPSC) ex…
INDIANA – Attorney General Rokita has filed an intervention in a long-dormant case in an attempt to block the retirement of the Rockport coal plant in Spencer County, which is planned to…
WISCONSIN – A new report from the Sierra Club, Thirsty Power: Coal and gas will leave us high and dry, analyzes Wisconsin’s current power generation, the water needed for that power, and…
INDIANA – Governor Braun has released an executive order to extend Indiana coal plants as Big Tech continues to propose new AI data center projects to the state. Braun’s executive order directs…
MICHIGAN – Today, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) approved the permit application for Enbridge, a multibillion-dollar Canadian oil giant, to run the Line 5…
Madison, WI — Today, Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sierra Club Wisconsin challenging a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) decision to…
INDIANAPOLIS — Today, the Trump Administration and Department of Energy (DOE) announced yet another extension for the Culley and Schahfer coal-fired power plants since they were ordered to stay…
WISCONSIN – In a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee markup, all Republican committee members voted in favor of an amendment which would nullify the Roadless Rule and put 45 million…