The Trump Administration’s order to keep a Michigan coal plant running could mean higher energy bills in Wisconsin. Just days before the aging plant was set to retire, the Department of Energy ordered it to stay open, citing emergency wartime powers. Staff were already gone and there was no coal on site. The utility that owns the plant wants to recoup the tens of millions of dollars it costs to bring it back online through price increases on customers throughout the Midwest grid, including Wisconsin.

Summer nights in Wisconsin are heating up… literally.  According to Wisconsin’s Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, our state is about 3 degrees warmer in the summertime than it was in the 1950s. And we’re feeling that heat mostly at night, with temperatures staying above 70 more and more often.

Knowledge is power. For a deep dive into Wisconsin’s most pressing environmental issues, check out my Defender podcast at cleanwisconsin.org or wherever you get your podcasts.