John Flesher

AP Environmental Writer
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This undated photo provided by Consumers Energy shows an aerial view of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant near Ludington, Mich. The plant generates electricity by pumping water from Lake Michigan to a reservoir on top of a bluff, then releasing it through giant turbines as needed. Advocates of pumped storage call such facilities the 'world's largest batteries.'
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Energy Shift Creates Opening for 'World's Largest Batteries'
The nation has 43 pumped storage facilities with a combined capacity of 22 gigawatts.
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Sheep graze at a solar farm at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2021.
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Bees, Sheep, Crops: Solar Developers Tout Multiple Benefits
Solar energy can help wean the world off fossil fuels, but it also could benefit the environment and economy in other ways.
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A member of the Center for Biological Diversity, in polar bear costume, protests the Keystone XL pipeline during a visit by then-President Barack Obama to Los Angeles, May 7, 2014.
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Fight Over Canadian Oil Rages on After Pipeline's Demise
As the Keystone XL fight escalated, Canadian crude exports to the U.S. steadily increased.
June 11, 2021
Jesse Barrientez, aka Red Feather, center, plays the drums and sings tribal songs with other Indigenous people during a march, Clearwater County, Minn., June 7, 2021.
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Why a Rural Pipeline Is a Climate Battleground
Protesters are pledging a “summer of resistance” on the ground and in court.
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The Mackinac Bridge seen from Mackinaw City, Mich., July 19, 2002.
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Company Defies State's Demand to Shut Down Pipeline
Enbridge said it would continue to operate the oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac.
January 12, 2021
Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill., June 13, 2012.
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Deal Reached on Project to Protect Lakes from Invasive Fish
The plan calls for a gantlet of technologies to deter approaching fish, including electric barriers and underwater speakers.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during a speech in Lansing, Sept. 2, 2020.
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Pipeline Operator Sues Michigan Over Shutdown Order
Enbridge argues the pipeline is under the sole jurisdiction of federal regulators.
November 27, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Nov. 12, 2020.
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Mich. Gov. Seeks Shutdown of Great Lakes Oil Pipeline
The state notified Enbridge that it was revoking an easement granted 67 years ago to extend a section of pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during a speech in Lansing, Aug. 19, 2020.
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Mich. Gov. Offers 'Carbon-Neutral' Climate Plan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pledged "comprehensive and aggressive" efforts but provided few details.
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This June 2020 file photo, shot from a television screen, shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline within the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan.
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State Seeks Funding Pledge in Case of Oil Spill
Michigan officials asked Enbridge to carry $900 million of liability insurance and set aside another $1.9 billion.
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