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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

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

By Sarah Mattalian
The workers are holding signs with messages like, "Protect federal workers!" and "Stop the Billionaire Takeover"

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

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Nyla McCranie, a probational employee who was fired Friday from the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks Tuesday at a rally in Federal Plaza held to protest President Donald Trump’s targeting of the agency. Credit: Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

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

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
The currently retired Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is one of the oldest nuclear plants in the country, completed in 1971 along the shores of Lake Michigan. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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

By Carrie Klein
An electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

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
A view of U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis before the start of a NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings. Credit: John Autey /MediaNews Group/St. Paul Pioneer Press via Getty Images

American Football Season Is Getting Hotter, Especially in the Midwest

By Kristoffer Tigue
Katie McCullough, 55, paddles across a pond on her property near Rio, Wis. McCullough installed a pond leveler on her property after discovering an active beaver lodge and dam. Credit: Joe Timmerman/Wisconsin Watch

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

By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch
Naperville residents urged their City Council at a recent meeting to seek new providers of power after learning that 80 percent of the electricity for the city is sourced from coal plants. Credit: Courtesy of Hunter Byington

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

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
The City of Chicago helped fund the Double Black Diamond Solar Field near Waverly, Ill., to reach its goal of reducing the city’s carbon emissions. Credit: Patrick L. Pyszka/City of Chicago

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

By Sarah Mattalian
A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

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
Commercial fishermen prepare to check their nets on Lake Superior in Bayfield, Wisconsin, on Feb. 23, 2021. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

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

By Kristoffer Tigue
Rusted barrels and cracked concrete are all that remain of the former Glidden Paint Plant in Reading, Pa. State funding has been allocated to remediate the site prior to a planned redevelopment. Credit: Daniel Propp/Inside Climate News

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

By Daniel Propp

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