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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

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a press conference with other House Republicans on Oct. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies

By Sarah Mattalian

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

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

Epic’s corporate headquarters in Verona, Wis., features a geothermal heating and cooling network buried beneath the buildings. Credit: Courtesy of Epic

One of the World’s Largest Geothermal Networks Is Buried Beneath a Corporate Campus in Rural Wisconsin

By Phil McKenna

Bitcoin mines rely on loud fans like these, seen at a facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y., that can be disruptive for nearby communities. Credit: Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy

By Tom Perkins

A group of residents are trying to stop a proposed data center on an 822-acre property largely in Augusta Charter Township, Mich. Credit: Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images

A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative

By Tom Perkins

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

Students walk through the University of Michigan campus on April 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Los Alamos and University of Michigan Want to Build a National Security ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti. Residents and Local Officials See Few Benefits.

By Tom Perkins

An aerial view of southwest Detroit featuring a Marathon petroleum refinery. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests

By K.R. Callaway

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

Can Pollution From Industrial Animal Agriculture Be Controlled?

ICN Sunday Morning

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

West Union, Iowa, relies on geothermal energy to provide high-efficiency, fossil-free heating and cooling for a dozen buildings in its downtown. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

This Town Was One of the First in the Nation to Install a Geothermal Network. Now Others Are Warming Up to the Idea.

By Phil McKenna

Wind turbines tower over a rural landscape on July 5 near Pomeroy, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Can the Nation’s Most Wind-Powered State Look to Solar?

By Anika Jane Beamer

Cheryl Johnson’s Chicago nonprofit, People for Community Recovery, was part of a coalition that received a $2.8 million grant funded through the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. The Trump administration canceled it this year after just $32,000 were disbursed. Credit: Zubaer Khan/Chicago Sun-Times

New Map Shows $29 Billion in Climate and Environment Grants Canceled or Frozen by Trump

By Dylan Baddour

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