Stephanie Hemphill
@hemphillminnesota.bsky.social
Co-editor Agate Magazine, www.agatemag.com
@MichiganAdvance: Shutting down Line 5 is not a risk—It’s responsible leadership for Michigan’s future bit.ly/4pDbclC
Shutting down Line 5 is not a risk—It’s responsible leadership for Michigan’s future • Michigan Advance
We are told we face a difficult choice: protect our water or secure our energy. This is a false narrative, manufactured by a foreign corporation and its allies to disguise their illegal occupation of ...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@MichiganAdvance: Shutting down Line 5 is not a risk—It’s responsible leadership for Michigan’s future bit.ly/4pDbclC
@MLive: Michigan utility must issue ice storm outage bill credits after trying to skip payouts bit.ly/4oNShDJ
Michigan utility must issue ice storm outage bill credits after trying to skip payouts
Alpena Power Co. argued the ice storm was an "act of God," and it shouldn't have to compensate customers after long outages. Now, it will pony up nearly $645,000 in bill credits.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@MLive: Michigan utility must issue ice storm outage bill credits after trying to skip payouts bit.ly/4oNShDJ
@WisconsinWatch: Foxconn, Trump’s ‘America first’ factory, is moving to AI. It’s giving lawmakers some pause. bit.ly/4pvccbJ
Foxconn, Trump’s ‘America first’ factory, is moving to AI. It’s giving lawmakers some pause.
Members of Congress said Wisconsin should first address serious concerns from constituents about manufacturers’ energy and water use, which could strain existing infrastructure and leave consumers …
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December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@WisconsinWatch: Foxconn, Trump’s ‘America first’ factory, is moving to AI. It’s giving lawmakers some pause. bit.ly/4pvccbJ
New on Agate Magazine: "Homeland" bit.ly/3Kvov8H Here’s to the love of nature that unites us.
Homeland
Riches beyond measure
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December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New on Agate Magazine: "Homeland" bit.ly/3Kvov8H Here’s to the love of nature that unites us.
@NDMonitor: Carbon storage ruling adds uncertainty, North Dakota energy industry says bit.ly/4pV3kfe
Carbon storage ruling adds uncertainty, North Dakota energy industry says • North Dakota Monitor
A court’s finding that a North Dakota law affecting underground storage of carbon dioxide is unconstitutional creates doubt for the energy industry, representatives said Wednesday.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
@NDMonitor: Carbon storage ruling adds uncertainty, North Dakota energy industry says bit.ly/4pV3kfe
BridgeMI: New Line 5 tunnel option ‘rushed’ and unsafe, opponents say bit.ly/4rKlS3v
Line 5 tunnel option ‘rushed’ and unsafe, opponents say - Bridge Michigan
Years into its review of a proposal to move Line 5 from the open water of the Great Lakes into a concrete-lined underground tunnel, the US Army Corps of Engineers has added a new option to the mix.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BridgeMI: New Line 5 tunnel option ‘rushed’ and unsafe, opponents say bit.ly/4rKlS3v
@FloodlightNews: Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint bit.ly/4rwGe0d
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint
Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@FloodlightNews: Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint bit.ly/4rwGe0d
@PlanetDetroit: ‘No secret deals’: Protest targets DTE’s fast-moving Saline Township data center request bit.ly/3XxY1Gw
'No secret deals': Protest targets DTE's fast-moving Saline Township data center request
Around 100 people protest DTE Energy's contracts for Saline Township data center, raise concerns over transparency and potential costs to customers.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@PlanetDetroit: ‘No secret deals’: Protest targets DTE’s fast-moving Saline Township data center request bit.ly/3XxY1Gw
@michiganadvance.com: Line 5 opponents warn pipeline failure could leave taxpayers on the hook for $4 billion bit.ly/4pKfYNZ
Line 5 opponents warn pipeline failure could leave taxpayers on the hook for $4 billion • Michigan Advance
As Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge continues to seek final approval to begin construction of a tunnel project intended to replace an exposed section of pipeline running through the Great Lakes, en...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@michiganadvance.com: Line 5 opponents warn pipeline failure could leave taxpayers on the hook for $4 billion bit.ly/4pKfYNZ
@NDMonitor: North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds carbon storage law unconstitutional bit.ly/4pfUad9
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional • North Dakota Monitor
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@NDMonitor: North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds carbon storage law unconstitutional bit.ly/4pfUad9
@BridgeMichigan: Michigan farm values growing faster than nation amid data center boom tinyurl.com/2nj8v8da
Michigan farm values growing faster than nation amid data center boom - Bridge Michigan
Michigan led the US in farmland price increases last year, rising 7.8% compared to 4.3% nationally. Demand is rising along with development.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
@BridgeMichigan: Michigan farm values growing faster than nation amid data center boom tinyurl.com/2nj8v8da
KXNET: Minnesota Power wind farm approved by Morton County commission tinyurl.com/4yv3b8w5
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December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
KXNET: Minnesota Power wind farm approved by Morton County commission tinyurl.com/4yv3b8w5
@WPR: State regulators approve rate hikes for 3 Wisconsin utilities tinyurl.com/45ve754z
State regulators approve rate hikes for 3 Wisconsin utilities
State regulators approved rate hikes for three of Wisconsin’s largest electric utilities in 2026 and 2027, with two of the companies reaching settlements with advocacy groups to moderate the increases...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@WPR: State regulators approve rate hikes for 3 Wisconsin utilities tinyurl.com/45ve754z
@BridgeMichigan: Michigan data center review looks like ‘rush job,’ Dana Nessel says tinyurl.com/2j3aua7f
Michigan data center review looks like ‘rush job,’ Dana Nessel says - Bridge Michigan
During a roundtable Tuesday, the attorney general and allies renewed their calls for a thorough public vetting of DTE Energy’s proposed contract to deliver power to Michigan’s first planned hyperscale...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@BridgeMichigan: Michigan data center review looks like ‘rush job,’ Dana Nessel says tinyurl.com/2j3aua7f
CI Bridge: Feds eye new option for Michigan Line 5: No concrete tunnel, horizontal drilling bit.ly/43PsEe1
Feds eye new option for Michigan Line 5: No concrete tunnel, horizontal drilling - Bridge Michigan
As it weighs the fate of Line 5, the US Army Corps of Engineers is quietly pitching a major alternative: Rather than moving the pipeline into a concrete tunnel, Enbridge could use ‘horizontal directio...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
CI Bridge: Feds eye new option for Michigan Line 5: No concrete tunnel, horizontal drilling bit.ly/43PsEe1
E&E News: AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier bit.ly/3K9Vu28
AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier
At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
E&E News: AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier bit.ly/3K9Vu28
@WPR: Groups ask judge to overturn plan fast-tracking connection of new power to Midwest grid bit.ly/48mHFFz
Groups ask judge to overturn plan fast-tracking connection of new power to Midwest grid
Environmental groups are asking a federal judge to overturn a plan to fast-track connecting new power plants to the Midwest electric grid, including a proposed natural gas plant in Wisconsin.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@WPR: Groups ask judge to overturn plan fast-tracking connection of new power to Midwest grid bit.ly/48mHFFz
@MNReformer: Minnesota cities continue climate work, despite federal abdication bit.ly/4o5L1m9
Report: Minnesota cities continue climate work, despite federal abdication • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesotans stared at their screens in horror last June as the raging Blue Earth River swallowed a beloved country store near Mankato. The same flood badly damaged a nearby dam and caused well over $1...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@MNReformer: Minnesota cities continue climate work, despite federal abdication bit.ly/4o5L1m9
@MLive: Northern Michigan data center idea scrapped following community rejection bit.ly/4oW1wTb
Northern Michigan data center idea scrapped following community rejection
This Up North town just stopped a massive tech development being suggested for their public land.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@MLive: Northern Michigan data center idea scrapped following community rejection bit.ly/4oW1wTb
MIAdvance: Whitmer asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh state immunity in Line 5 case bit.ly/43IfhML
Whitmer asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh state immunity in Line 5 case • Michigan Advance
Updated, 4:50 p.m., 11/20/25 After a federal appeals court held that Michigan is not immune to legal action for its decision to revoke a Canadian energy company’s easement to operate a pipeline in the...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
MIAdvance: Whitmer asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh state immunity in Line 5 case bit.ly/43IfhML
@CanaryMediaInc: Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter bit.ly/4oTiHoe
Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter
The Energy Department’s orders to keep the J.H. Campbell plant running are driving up costs and pollution. States and advocates are challenging the move…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@CanaryMediaInc: Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter bit.ly/4oTiHoe
@CanaryMediaInc: Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter bit.ly/4oTiHoe
Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter
The Energy Department’s orders to keep the J.H. Campbell plant running are driving up costs and pollution. States and advocates are challenging the move…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@CanaryMediaInc: Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter bit.ly/4oTiHoe
NY Times: Driving an E.V. Across North Dakota? Thank the Standing Rock Tribe. bit.ly/44eDomh
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November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NY Times: Driving an E.V. Across North Dakota? Thank the Standing Rock Tribe. bit.ly/44eDomh
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa counties support Shelby and Story county suit against Summit pipeline bit.ly/48qVZy0
Iowa counties support Shelby and Story county suit against Summit pipeline • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa State Association of Counties is seeking financial assistance from counties for a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit against Summit.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa counties support Shelby and Story county suit against Summit pipeline bit.ly/48qVZy0
Reposted by Stephanie Hemphill
The Trump administration’s attacks on national parks continue
This time, they’ve removed both physical signs and website mentions describing how climate change is damaging the parks
Because if you remove the info, famously, the problem goes away
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This time, they’ve removed both physical signs and website mentions describing how climate change is damaging the parks
Because if you remove the info, famously, the problem goes away
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
National parks remove signs about climate, slavery and Japanese detention
The removals come after President Donald Trump issued an executive order in March seeking to remove “improper partisan ideology” from federal institutions.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM