ICN Midwest

Smart Thermostats Will Soon Come to the Rescue During Heatwaves

An Illinois virtual power plant program shows how networks of home appliances can reduce strain on the grid.

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

What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.

By Marianne Lavelle

Flooding in Chicago Is Getting Worse. Here’s Why.

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

How the Rush to Mine the Metal of the Future Echoes America’s Colonial Past

By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow

A Massive, Trump-Backed Power Plant May Be Too Big to Succeed

By Dan Gearino

With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment

By Anika Jane Beamer

Ohio Is Where Wind and Solar Projects Go to Die, and Other Findings From New Research on State Permitting

By Dan Gearino

As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location

By James Bruggers

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Just Lost Protection From Mining

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions

By Anika Jane Beamer, Georgina Gustin