ICN Midwest

 Illinois Utility Announces $100 Million Rebate for Electric Vehicle Projects as Federal Funding Freezes

By Sarah Mattalian

Trump Reverses Course, Reinstates Some EPA Workers Fired From Chicago Office Just Days Earlier

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Michigan Residents Push for an Environmental Impact Statement Before Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant

By Carrie Klein

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian

American Football Season Is Getting Hotter, Especially in the Midwest

By Kristoffer Tigue

Opting for Coexistence: Some Wisconsin Landowners Learn To Live With Beavers

By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch

With Fossil Fuels’ Comeback, Can Climate Goals Get Back on Track in Illinois?

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago and Illinois Remain Committed to Achieving Climate Goals Despite Threats to Federal Funding

By Sarah Mattalian

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

How Climate Change Is Complicating a Beloved Midwest Pastime: Ice Fishing

By Kristoffer Tigue

How North America’s Leading Brownfield Redeveloper Makes Millions by Not Redeveloping Brownfields

By Daniel Propp

Another Polar Vortex Is Blasting the U.S. With Harsh Winter Weather. So How Is Climate Change Involved?

By Kristoffer Tigue

The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

An Enbridge Oil Spill in Wisconsin Is Eroding Trust as the Fight Over Line 5 Continues

By Kristoffer Tigue

Decades After It Disappeared, Wild Rice Is Booming Again on the Upper Mississippi River

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Carbon Capture Project Faces a New Delay in a Year of Slow Progress for Coal Power Plants Looking for Retrofits

By Dan Gearino

After Initial Permits Are Granted, Activists Worry About Impacts of Enbridge’s Line 5 Reroute in Northern Wisconsin

By Lydia Larsen