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Michigan House passes climate change reform, mandating clean energy by 2040

A divided Michigan House passed legislation requiring utilities to draw 100 percent of their energy from clean sources by 2040. That's a later timeline than environmentalists had sought — and foes say it will raise rates — but many say the reform is overdue.

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End of an era for Alliant's Lansing coal-fired power plant

Alliant Energy's Lansing Generating Station — a coal-fired power plant — has operated for nearly 75 years along the Mississippi River in Northeast Iowa. After this year, it will no longer produce electricity.

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