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An electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian

Naperville residents urged their City Council at a recent meeting to seek new providers of power after learning that 80 percent of the electricity for the city is sourced from coal plants. Credit: Courtesy of Hunter Byington

With Fossil Fuels’ Comeback, Can Climate Goals Get Back on Track in Illinois?

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

The City of Chicago helped fund the Double Black Diamond Solar Field near Waverly, Ill., to reach its goal of reducing the city’s carbon emissions. Credit: Patrick L. Pyszka/City of Chicago

Chicago and Illinois Remain Committed to Achieving Climate Goals Despite Threats to Federal Funding

By Sarah Mattalian

The Texas House and Senate will convene this month at the State Capitol in Austin, with many energy issues on the agenda. Credit: Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images

What to Expect from State Governments on Renewable Energy Policy in 2025

By Dan Gearino

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a news conference at the former U.S. Steel South Works site to discuss a massive quantum computing campus on Chicago’s South Side. Credit: Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo

As Illinois’ Governor Recruits Data Centers, Chicagoans’ Electricity Bills Are Getting More Expensive

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

Chicago city code required homes to install lead pipes up until 1986, resulting in the city having approximately 400,000 lead service lines. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Communities at Risk

By Nina Elkadi

A view of Archer-Daniels-Midland's processing complex in Decatur, Illinois. Credit: PR Newswire

A Carbon Capture Monitoring Well Leaked in Illinois. Most Residents Found Out When the World Did

By Nina Elkadi

An aerial view shows waves rolling along the shore of Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

By Nina Elkadi

A child plays in a lush park, kicking a soccer ball near an unusual-looking puddle, suggesting possible dangers. The image conveys hope while hinting at underlying risks. Credit: Veronica Martinez/Cicero Independiente

One Town’s Challenge to Build a Safe Inclusive Park

By Leslie Hurtado, Cicero Independiente

Crédito: Veronica Martínez/Cicero Independiente

Erradicar el riesgo: el reto de Cicero para construir un parque inclusivo que sea seguro

By Leslie Hurtado, Cicero Independiente

Carmen Barragan, a Brighton Park Neighborhood Council health organizer manager, stands at the renovated Kelly Park in Chicago on Sept. 3. Credit: Aydali Campa/Borderless Magazine

Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That

By Aydali Campa, Borderless Magazine

A high tension electrical power pole is seen in the background of a solar array in Blaine, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Midwest States Have Approved Hundreds of Renewable Energy Projects. So Why Aren’t They Online?

By Kristoffer Tigue

A view of wind turbines at Grand Ridge Energy Center in LaSalle County, Illinois. Wind energy is the leading source of renewable energy in Illinois. Credit: Invenergy

Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

Chicago is suing big fossil fuel companies, alleging the impact of flooding and other climate-related events has caused great damage. Credit: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago Sues 5 Oil Companies, Accusing Them of Climate Change Destruction, Fraud

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

A solar power facility in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Green Energy Justice Cooperative Selected to Develop Solar Projects for Low Income, BIPOC Communities in Illinois

By Lydia Larsen

Gretchen Whitmer

Why Michigan’s Clean Energy Bill Is a Really Big Deal

By Dan Gearino

The Poet bioprocessing plant in Jewell, Iowa, which produces 90 million gallons of ethanol annually. Several pipelines have been proposed in the Midwest that would deliver millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide captured every year from Midwest ethanol plants to underground storage facilities. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

How Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines Ever Proposed

By Kristoffer Tigue

Environmental activists march during the Global Climate Strike in downtown Chicago, Illinois, on September 15, 2023. Local groups across the United States are gathering to call for an end to the era of fossil fuels.

Q&A: How Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a Southeast Side Native, Plans to Tackle Environmental Racism

By Aydali Campa

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