ICN Midwest

In Chicago ERs, Extreme Heat’s Toll Goes Far Beyond the Obvious

New research finds a wide range of medical emergencies spiked during heat waves in recent years.

By Keerti Gopal

Secret Plan to Dump Slaughterhouse Waste Blindsided Residents of Iowa’s Loess Hills

By Anika Jane Beamer

Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier

By Dan Gearino

Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Health and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers

By Keerti Gopal

Sharks on a Plane

By Johnny Sturgeon

Michigan Voters Just Sent a Resounding Message About Data Centers

By Tom Perkins

A Very American Invention, Pushed to an Extreme

By Georgina Gustin

A Minnesota Dairy Company’s Rapid Expansion Is Prompting Lawsuits Against Regulators

By Georgina Gustin

The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet

By Dan Gearino

Wildfire Smoke Chokes Eastern and Midwestern Cities as Air Pollution Soars to Dangerously High Levels

By Phil McKenna, Keerti Gopal

Smart Thermostats Will Soon Come to the Rescue During Heatwaves

By Dan Gearino

Why Is It So Expensive to Replace Lead Pipes in Chicago?

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Clayton Aldern, Keerti Gopal

A Midwest Mayor Joins London Climate Week as a ‘Rational Optimist’ Who Aims to Get Things Done

By Christine Spolar

Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances

By Dana Drugmand

Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors

By Susan Cosier

A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants

By Dan Gearino

In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win

By Keerti Gopal

An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.

By Anika Jane Beamer