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A North Dakota jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $667 million to an oil company for its alleged involvement in the Standing Rock protests. The lawsuit attempts to “chill First Amendment rights” for environmental and Indigenous activists, says human rights lawyer @sdonziger.bsky.social.

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DTE Energy and Ameren are among six U.S. utilities identified in a nonprofit’s new report that highlights the rise in utility disconnections that states could prevent by enacting more comprehensive shut-off bans. (Grist)

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The Trump administration releases nearly $57 million of an up-to-$1.52 billion federal loan to support the restart of Holtec’s Michigan nuclear plant. (Detroit Free Press)

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ke...

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A nuclear trade group says the industry appears to be on solid footing with the Trump administration compared to renewable energy, given the broad bipartisan support for nuclear power. (MLive)

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Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag | Simon Tisdall

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At least six clean energy projects in Michigan have been canceled or put at risk by the Trump administration, which has now threatened more than 40,000 clean energy jobs across the U.S. since taking office, according to a climate communications group. (Michigan Advance)

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Michigan regulators set financial incentives and penalties for DTE Energy and Consumers Energy on reliability, but a ratepayer advocate says the consequences for poor service remain too small relative to the companies’ profits. (Planet Detroit)

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DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

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During testimony on the bills, a DTE Energy executive said the Detroit-based utility would be open to working with legislators on potential financial support to build a new nuclear plant in southeastern Michigan. (MLive)

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Ann Arbor, Michigan’s city council narrowly rejects spending $1.7 million on a feasibility study for a municipal utility, prompting supporters of the plan to say they will seek to get the issue on the city ballot this fall for voters to decide. (WEMU)

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Residents living near a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant that seeks to reopen in the coming months want stronger public health safeguards to address concerns about higher rates of thyroid cancer. (Inside Climate News)

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Michigan utilities could be fined up to $10 million under a new order for failing to improve the number and duration of power outages that have affected customers of the state’s two large investor-owned utilities. (Detroit News)

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The owner of a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant it plans to bring back online this year unveils plans to build two of its own small modular reactors at the site, though they still need approval from federal regulators. (Canary Media)

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The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Federal tax credits for shuttered nuclear plant restarts, including in Michigan, face uncertainty based on unanswered questions in recent U.S. Treasury Department guidelines, attorneys say. (Utility Dive)

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Brownfields, rooftops and other underutilized spaces are promising opportunities to site solar projects in Michigan that also can avoid bitter land use disputes often associated with greenfields or farmland, a clean energy advocate writes. (Bridge)

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Local activists and residents living near a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant that seeks to reopen this year ask regulators and the plant owner for a more thorough environmental review. (Inside Climate News)

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National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF

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Michigan regulators approve a 100 MW solar project for DTE Energy that will provide power to Ford Motor Co. through a voluntary green pricing program. (WTVB)

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Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum is in the international spotlight after Trump agreed to postpone proposed tariffs on various Mexican goods. Read our profile of Sheinbaum and her war with Mexico’s cartels. www.prospectmagazine...

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Rural Michigan company sees big potential in Palisades nuclear plant restart www.bridgemi.com/business-wat... via @bridgemi.com

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Canada’s biggest province said it will remove American products from its government-run liquor stores as part of its response to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports.

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Hot Plutonium Pit Bomb Redux - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/31/h...

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Trump is risking funding that supports rent assistance, education, childcare, tribal communities, even suicide prevention for veterans. This administration's chaos and poor management is threatening millions of people. We're working with state and local officials to learn more.

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President Trump says he's considering "getting rid of FEMA” and letting states “take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes,” echoing Project 2025.

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