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Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say

Groups are pushing the state General Assembly to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, as increased strain on the grid has led to energy price spikes.

By Sarah Mattalian

Transmission lines dot the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Students gather outside Wells Community Academy High School at the end of the school day on March 14, 2022, in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen.

By Amber X. Chen

Fish biologist Stefan Tucker, who has worked with sturgeon for 20 years, hopes to apply what he learns about Rock River shovelnoses to other populations. Credit: Illinois Natural History Survey-Illinois River Biological Station

Some Shovelnose Sturgeon in Illinois Are Huge and Researchers Are Fishing for Reasons Why

By Susan Cosier

Lobby Day participants gather in the state capitol rotunda for the “People over Polluters” rally in the Illinois Capitol Building rotunda on Wednesday. Credit: Andrew Montequin/Inside Climate News

Illinois Residents Urge Lawmakers to Act on Transit, Energy Bills

By Andrew Montequin

The organizers are standing in a cluster in the foreground. Beyond them are the silos, tagged with graffiti, and demolition equipment.

Environmental Advocates Keep Eyes on Iconic Chicago Silos as Demolition Resumes

By Aydali Campa

In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong

A combine harvests corn alongside a tractor near Northland, Minn. Credit: Richard Hamilton Smith/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.

By Anika Jane Beamer

ComEd has begun testing bidirectional chargers with three school districts in northern Illinois. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Illinois Utility Pilots Vehicle-to-Grid Program With Electric School Buses

By Sarah Mattalian

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the groundbreaking of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Tuesday in Chicago. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

As Chicago Quantum Campus Breaks Ground, Residents Call for Community Benefits

By Keerti Gopal

A worker replaces a main water lead pipe at a home in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood on July 25. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Chicago Has Hundreds of Thousands of Toxic Lead Pipes—and Millions of Unspent Dollars to Replace Them

By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

People in blue swim caps and neon orange buoys swim under a bridge in the Chicago River past people in kayaks

‘A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In

By Leigh Giangreco

A dust storm travels through Illinois on May 16, as seen from the National Weather Service office in Romeoville near Chicago. Credit: NWS

Dust Storms Surprise the Midwest and Raise Worries About Climate Risks

By Nikita Ponomarenko

Peoples Gas plans to remediate a contaminated site on Chicago’s South Side, next to a park on what used to be the rest of the company’s property there. Credit: Charna Albert/Inside Climate News

A Contaminated Riverside Lot in Chicago’s Bridgeport Neighborhood Is Poised for Cleanup by Peoples Gas

By Charna Albert

Krystyna Kurth, with the Shedd Aquarium, shows Elise Mulligan jewelweed as they kayak down the Chicago River. Credit: Leigh Giangreco/Inside Climate News

In the Once Heavily Polluted Chicago River, More Fish, a Giant Snapping Turtle and an Upcoming Swim

By Leigh Giangreco

Samuel Corona (right) and Katia Balba give a “toxic tour” at Steelworkers Park in Chicago with their organization, Alliance of the Southeast, on July 17. Credit: Fern Alling/Inside Clean Energy

Despite HUD Mandate Withdrawal, the Push for Clean Air Moves Forward in Chicago

By Fern Alling

Gina Ramirez, like many Chicago residents, has a lead service line at her home on the Southeast Side (address has been blurred). Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It

By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin

Reporters Keerti Gopal (left) and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco interview a Chicago resident at his home, which has a water service line made of lead. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times

How We Mapped Chicago’s Lead Pipe Problem and What We Learned

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin

Colton Wyatt shows off a lead water testing kit at his home in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Lead Pipes Are Everywhere in Chicago. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau

People walk a beach along Lake Michigan in Whiting, Ind. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy

By Sarah Mattalian

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