ICN Midwest
Chicago Aims To Have Most Air Pollution Sensors in the US
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Recreational Bike Ride, Is Getting Hotter and Harder
By Anika Jane Beamer
As Climate Change Makes Hail More Destructive, Illinois Residents Pay the Price
By Susan Cosier
Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts
By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws
By Tom Perkins
Why Farmers May Be Able to Continue Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge
By Tom Perkins
As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most
By Siri Chilukuri
Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That
By Anika Jane Beamer
Hurricane Helene and Subsequent Cleanup Efforts Have Decimated North America’s Most Biodiverse Waters
By Kacie Faith Kress
PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled
By Rambo Talabong
Potential Repeal of Roadless Rule Could Permanently Damage Midwest National Forests
By Sarah Mattalian
Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, at a Cost to Its Water
By Anika Jane Beamer
Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026
By Rambo Talabong
Efforts to Reduce Toxic Algae in Lake Erie Appear to Be Making Progress. Now They Face State and Federal Cuts
By Theo Peck-Suzuki
30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem
By Keerti Gopal

Consumers (and a Utility) Get a Win in Ohio, While Data Centers Take the Loss
By Dan Gearino
