Illinois is decarbonizing its electric generation, and Minnesota is focusing on EVs and transit emissions, but Ohio is keeping a coal plant subsidy.

States and provinces in the U.S. and other nations are leading efforts to address climate change while their national governments often lag.

Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota will collaborate to speed electric vehicle adoption in the upper Midwest, focusing initially on trucks.

The buzz about solar energy includes honey bees. Welcome to the world of agrivoltaic farming. 

The Illinois Senate approved legislation putting the state on a path to 100% carbon-free electric generation and bailing out two Exelon nuclear plants.

The Illinois House approved Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s massive Energy Transition Act, sending the bill back to the Senate for expected concurrence on Monday.

Illinois lawmakers continue to debate a landmark energy bill aimed at fighting climate change ahead of a Sept. 13 to save the Byron nuclear plant.

Illinois officials agree on subsidizing three Exelon nuclear plants, but the fate of the 1,600-MW Prairie State coal plant remains a contentious issue.

Exelon said its Byron and Dresden nuclear plants are likely to close because of slow progress on federal and state legislation that would rescue them.

A coalition of attorneys general are demanding that the SEC require companies to disclose their GHG emissions annually, as well as any mitigation plans.