ICN Midwest

Can We Produce More Food With Less Land?

By Anika Jane Beamer

A Home Energy Fair Offers a Counter Narrative to Cynicism About Climate Change

By Dan Gearino

As the Data Center Boom Ramps Up in the Rural Midwest, What Should Communities Expect?

By Alexia Underwood

Data Center Developer Takes a Small Michigan Farming Community to Court

By K.R. Callaway

There’s a New Plan and Funding to Clean Up the Muck Plaguing Lake St. Clair

By K.R. Callaway

Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts

By Anika Jane Beamer

Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.

By Alexia Underwood

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say

By Sarah Mattalian

Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen.

By Amber X. Chen

Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies

By Sarah Mattalian

Some Shovelnose Sturgeon in Illinois Are Huge and Researchers Are Fishing for Reasons Why

By Susan Cosier

Illinois Residents Urge Lawmakers to Act on Transit, Energy Bills

By Andrew Montequin

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong

One of the World’s Largest Geothermal Networks Is Buried Beneath a Corporate Campus in Rural Wisconsin

By Phil McKenna

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy

By Tom Perkins

A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative

By Tom Perkins

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.

By Anika Jane Beamer