ICN Midwest

Q&A: How Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a Southeast Side Native, Plans to Tackle Environmental Racism

By Aydali Campa

Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy 

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Chicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes

By Aydali Campa

Midwesterners Lament Lack of Transparency as Coalition Seeks Federal Aid for Proposed Hydrogen Hub

By Grace van Deelen

Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water

By Dani Kington, Athens County Independent

Cleveland Regional Planning Agency Building Community Input Into Climate Change Plan

  By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Illinois School Districts Vie for Clean School Bus Funds

By Aydali Campa

Onshore Wind Is Poised to Grow, and Move Away from Boom and Bust Cycles

By Dan Gearino

Illinois Environmental Groups Applaud Vetoes by Pritzker 

By Aydali Campa

Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall in Northern Minnesota

By Andrew Hazzard, Sahan Journal

Inundation and Injustice: Flooding Presents a Formidable Threat to the Great Lakes Region

By Kari Lydersen, Ensia

A Proposed Gas Rate Hike in Chicago Sparks Debate Amid Shift to Renewable Energy

By Aydali Campa

New Report Card Shows Where Ohio Needs to Catch up in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Kathiann M. Kowalski

Record-Breaking Rains in Chicago Underscore the Urgency of Flood Resiliency Projects, City Officials Say 

By Aydali Campa

Funding Poised to Dry Up for Water Projects in Ohio and Other States if Proposed Budget Cuts Become Law

Kathiann M. Kowalski

The Solar Industry Gained Jobs Last Year. But Are Those Good Jobs, and Could They Be Better?

By Dan Gearino

An Ohio College Town Wants to Lead on Fighting Climate Change. It Also Has a 1940s-Era, Diesel-Burning Power Plant

By Dan Gearino

Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune