ICN Midwest

Lead Pipes Are Everywhere in Chicago. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill

By Anika Jane Beamer

Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy

By Sarah Mattalian

15 Children in Wisconsin File the Latest Youth Lawsuit Citing Climate Dangers

By Dana Drugmand

Water Management in Great Lakes States Deserves a Closer Look, Group Says

By Susan Cosier

A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won

By Christiana Freitag

After a Drought Last Year, Ohio Farmers Wished for Rain. Now Downpours Are Destroying Their Crops

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

By Carrie Klein

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