Articles by Jena Brooker
Jena Brooker is an environmental reporter for BridgeDetroit and was Grist's 2021 Midwest reporting fellow.
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![Collage: Scales with the Illinois flag holding wind turbines and a solar panel on one side and a coal plant on the other]()
![Collage: Scales with the Illinois flag holding wind turbines and a solar panel on one side and a coal plant on the other]()
Illinois had a chance to pass one of the most progressive clean energy bills in the country. It failed.
How the state went from multiple clean energy bills to none.
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![A picture of Minneapolis skyline featuring a park in front of downtown skyscrapers.]()
![A picture of Minneapolis skyline featuring a park in front of downtown skyscrapers.]()
Who gets a park?
Cities are finally being analyzed for the equity of their green space.
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![Side by side are two pictures, one of the petroglyphs and prairie and one of two wind turbines on a prairie.]()
![Side by side are two pictures, one of the petroglyphs and prairie and one of two wind turbines on a prairie.]()
A clean energy proposal near a sacred Indigenous site divides a Minnesota community
The wind and solar project threatens a 7,000-year-old spiritual site.
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The EPA just accused Missouri’s environmental agency of violating the Civil Rights Act
The findings are the latest example of how the Biden administration is prioritizing environmental justice.
