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Michigan Momentum: The Wolverine State Is Moving Toward Natural Gas As More EVs Roll Out Of Its Auto Plants
Like the rest of America, Michigan’s economy is running cleaner these days. Mostly that’s due to a decade-long progressive reduction of coal as an energy source as states from Texas to Illinois shutter old World War II–era plants, replacing them with renewables and natural gas. And the Wolverine State is doing its part. In 2020, natural gas surpassed coal in Michigan for the first time, and now is responsible for 37% of the state’s energy production, while coal fell to third place, behind nuclear.