ICN Midwest

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

Developers and lawmakers say the project will be an economic boon, but concerns about contamination and displacement persist.

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

Houses of Worship Could Help Fuel the Energy Transition. Solar Evangelists Are Hard at Work on That

By Liuan Huska

A Rural Ohio County Embarks on a Project to Prepare for Worsening Floods

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Stargazing Sheds Light on the Dark Sky Movement

By K.R. Callaway

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

By Charna Albert

Residents Living in the Shadow of the Steel Industry Ask the EPA to Reconsider Delay of Hazardous Air Pollution Rule

By Kiley Bense

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

By Leigh Giangreco

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

By Fern Alling

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

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

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

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

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

By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill

By Anika Jane Beamer

Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy

By Sarah Mattalian

15 Children in Wisconsin File the Latest Youth Lawsuit Citing Climate Dangers

By Dana Drugmand