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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is working hard to convince more Americans to embrace electric cars — and she knows this means the country's charging infrastructure needs to improve, fast.

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy

A road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver).

Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivers an address outlining what she’d like to see next from the Legislature.

Whitmer puts abortion, clean energy, paid leave on fall agenda

Governor Gretchen Whitmer put abortion rights, a clean energy plan and guaranteed paid worker leave on her agenda for the Legislature’s fall session that begins next week.

A JetBlue airplane is shown at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017.

Consumer advocates want the DOJ to move against JetBlue-Spirit merger

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Diana Moss, president of American Antitrust Institute, about actions the Department of Justice may take to block the Spirit Airlines-JetBlue merger.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next term about whether Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, set up after the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from predatory lending practices, is funded constitutionally.

Supreme Court to hear case that threatens existence of consumer protection agency

At issue is how the CFPB is funded: It gets its money from the Federal Reserve, which in turn is funded by bank fees, and not through congressional appropriations.

Conceptual rendering of BWL's Delta Energy Park where some of the utility's renewable energy and battery storage will be built.

Lansing utility to increase renewable energy in effort to be carbon neutral by 2040

The Lansing Board of Water and Light plans to spend $750 million on solar, wind, and battery storage. When complete by 2027, it will add 650 megawatts of clean energy, amounting to 58% of total power generation.

Fire at Consumers Energy facility threatens heat for 1.8 million

Update: Thursday, January 31 at 4:33 p.m.Consumers Energy says customers should be able to dial up the thermostat if they want, beginning at 10:00 a.m.…

Consumers Energy agrees to stop dark money donations for two years

Consumers Energy has agreed to stop giving money to non-profit political advocacy groups for two years, under the terms of a rate case settlement…

Electric car lithium battery pack and power connections.

Clean energy group reports jobs and investments coming to Michigan

The clean energy group Climate Power says Michigan will see thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in clean tech jobs.

The auto workers strike will drive up car prices, but not right away. Unless consumers panic.

Car shoppers are heading for a new round of sticker shock if the strike by the United Auto Workers doesn’t end soon, particularly for popular vehicles that are already in short supply.

A billboard size sign at an Enbridge facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula near where the 70 year old Line 5 petroleum pipeline enters the Straits of Mackinac which connects Lakes Michigan and Huron.

Report says Line 5 shutdown would have minimal impact on energy prices

A new report says a potential shutdown of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5 pipeline would have a minimal impact on natural gas prices.

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