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Invasive Asian carp leap out of the Illinois River in Bath, Ill. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images

Illinois Delays a Project Meant to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes

By Susan Cosier

Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics/Getty Images via Grist

Trump’s Latest USDA Cuts Undermine His Plan to ‘Make America Healthy Again’

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist

A solar array in Blaine, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Community Solar Plays Defense in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

An Air Tractor sprays pesticides on a farm in Whittemore, Iowa. Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Bayer Bill’ Granting Legal Protections to Pesticide Companies Fizzles Out in the Iowa Legislature Again

By Anika Jane Beamer

Boxes of solar panels await installation at a solar farm construction site on June 24, 2024, in Albion, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A New Michigan Law Countering Local Opposition to Renewable Energy Is Triggering More of the Same

By Douglas J. Guth

Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Credit: Lily Carey

Artificial Reefs Can Mitigate Coastal Erosion in the Great Lakes. Will Cities Agree to Adopt Them?

By Lily Carey

A farmer plants corn using a Case IH tractor and 16-row planter assisted by an on board computer that monitors and controls seed and fertilizer application. Credit: Andrew Sacks/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

American Farmers and the USDA Had Finally Embraced Their Role in the Climate Crisis. Then Came the Federal Funding Freeze

By Georgina Gustin

Ohio faced its most severe drought in a century in 2024. Credit: Seth Herald/NurPhoto via Getty Images

After Severe Drought and Storms, Ohio Farmers Fear for Long-Term Soil Health

By Anika Jane Beamer

A freeze in a federal loan program affects nonprofits across the country, including one in Fort Wayne, Ind., where David de Leon is construction manager. His organization works to restore old houses for use by low-income families. Credit: Rachel Von Art/Inside Climate News

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

The core module of China’s first small modular nuclear reactor is seen on July 13, 2023, before shipment to the construction site at the Changjiang nuclear power plant. Credit: Liu Xuan/VCG via Getty Images

Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030

By Carrie Klein

In Washington Township, Mich., a gas pipeline in wetlands in Stony Creek Metropark. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections

By Lauren Dalban

What 30 Years of Fighting for Environmental Justice Looks Like in One Community

By Bhabna Banerjee

The Soybean Innovation Lab supported tests of soybean varieties in Malawi and other parts of Africa to create a database farmers could access. Credit: Soybean Innovation Lab

The Soybean Innovation Lab Is Set to Close in April After Trump Cuts

By Susan Cosier

The Chicago skyline is seen across Lake Michigan from Whiting, Ind. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Considers New Approaches for PFAS Management

By Kacie Faith Kress

Cheryl Johnson stands near the office of People for Community Recovery in Altgeld Gardens. Credit: Zubaer Khan/Chicago Sun-Times

Hazel Johnson Launched an Environmental Movement in Chicago That Trump Is Trying to End

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

A view of the Palisades nuclear plant in Van Buren County, Mich. Credit: Holtec International

A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts?

By Carrie Klein

The Great Lakes sea lamprey control program is tasked with targeting the invasive eel that threatens fish across the region. Credit: A. Miehls/Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Federal Firings Threaten Great Lakes’ $5 Billion Fishery

By Anika Jane Beamer

Demonstrators march to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota on Feb. 22, 2017. Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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