ICN Midwest

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

The decentralized power systems are playing a growing role in the transition away from fossil fuels.

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

Trump’s Tax Refunds Do Little to Stem the Affordability Crisis, Michigan Democrats Say

By Arcelia Martin

Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator

By Keerti Gopal

Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.

By Anika Jane Beamer

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino

The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs

By Dan Gearino