ICN Midwest

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

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

By Amber X. Chen

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

By Sarah Mattalian

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

By Susan Cosier

Illinois Residents Urge Lawmakers to Act on Transit, Energy Bills

By Andrew Montequin

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

By Rambo Talabong

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

By Phil McKenna

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

By Tom Perkins

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

By Tom Perkins

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

By Anika Jane Beamer

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

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

By K.R. Callaway

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

By Sarah Mattalian

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

Dust Storms Surprise the Midwest and Raise Worries About Climate Risks

By Nikita Ponomarenko

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

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

By Anika Jane Beamer

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

By Dylan Baddour