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Kari has written for Midwest Energy News since January 2011. She is an author and journalist who worked for the Washington Post's Midwest bureau from 1997 through 2009. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago Reader and other publications. Kari covers Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana as well as environmental justice topics.
An industry group’s report last week highlights clean energy job losses during the pandemic as well as their potential to rebound with the right policy support.
As debates over operating subsidies continue, stresses from rising temperatures and flooding increase the risk.
Disagreement between clean energy advocates and renewable energy companies hangs on a proposal criticized in Gov. Pritzker’s new plan.
In hearings this week, environmental advocates and community members voiced concerns about the state’s many contaminated sites.
A new paper presents several proposals to improve the chances that Black, Latinx and other higher-risk communities see the benefits of electric vehicles.