ICN Midwest

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

As Illinois’ Governor Recruits Data Centers, Chicagoans’ Electricity Bills Are Getting More Expensive

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

Trump’s ‘EV Mandate’ Message May Have Helped Him Win Michigan

By Kristoffer Tigue

New Federal Funds Aim to Cut Carbon Emissions and Air Pollution From US Ports

By Kristoffer Tigue

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

Ag Pollution Is Keeping Des Moines Water Works Busy. Can It Keep Up?

By Nina Elkadi

Disadvantaged Communities Are Seeing a Boom in Clean Energy Manufacturing, but the Midwest Lags

By Kristoffer Tigue

‘Bad River,’ About a Tribe’s David vs. Goliath Pipeline Fight, Highlights the Power of Long-Term Thinking

By Victoria St. Martin, Phil McKenna

EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Communities at Risk

By Nina Elkadi

On the Wisconsin-Iowa Border, the Mississippi River Is Eroding Sacred Indigenous Mounds

By Madeline Heim and Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Data Center Fight Touches on a Big Question: Who Assumes the Financial Risk for the AI Boom?

By Dan Gearino

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working To Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping

By Miranda Green, Floodlight; Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica; Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Five (and Soon, Maybe Six) of the Country’s 10 Largest Coal Plants Have Retirement Dates

By Dan Gearino