Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill
As climate costs rise and the U.S. backslides on action, pressure mounts on states to fill the gaps.
By Keerti Gopal
ICN Illinois
A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response
By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg
The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty
By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
After a Hard Year for Environmental Justice, Chicago Communities Are Picking Up the Pieces
By Amber X. Chen
In the Great Lakes Region, a Push to Grow Water-Focused Startups Amid Federal Funding Uncertainty
By Leigh Giangreco
Illinois Is Going All In on Battery Storage. What Will That Mean?
By Alexia Underwood
A Long Wait for Flooding Help in Chicago May Be Nearing an End
By Leigh Giangreco
Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee
By Sarah Mattalian
ICE Raids in Chicago Spotlight the Link Between Immigrant Rights and Environmental Justice
By Susan Cosier
Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back.
By K.R. Callaway
Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers
By Rambo Talabong
What Chicago’s Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality
By Yiannis Mastoras
Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
Unpredictable Spurts of Dry and Wet Weather Cause Confusion and New Challenges for Midwestern Farmers
By Katie Cerulle
Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals
By Sarah Mattalian
Trucks Move the Country’s Goods Through This County. As Even More Loom, People Are Pushing Back.
By Siri Chilukuri
Hurricane and Tropical Storm Remnants Impact the Midwest, Too
By Susan Cosier
As the Data Center Boom Ramps Up in the Rural Midwest, What Should Communities Expect?
By Alexia Underwood
