ICN Midwest

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

This Historic Ship Runs on Coal. Can It Find a New Way Forward?

By Phil McKenna

Is Your Company Losing Money Due to Climate Change? Consider Moving to the Midwest, Survey Says

By Kristoffer Tigue

The Country’s Second-Largest Coal Plant May Get a Three-Year Reprieve From Retirement. Why?

By Dan Gearino

A Carbon Capture Monitoring Well Leaked in Illinois. Most Residents Found Out When the World Did

By Nina Elkadi

Ohio Senate Candidates Downplay Climate Action in Closely Contested Race

By Dan Gearino

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

By Nina Elkadi

The Fate of Thousands of US Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities With Hard Choices

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

One Town’s Challenge to Build a Safe Inclusive Park

By Leslie Hurtado, Cicero Independiente

Erradicar el riesgo: el reto de Cicero para construir un parque inclusivo que sea seguro

By Leslie Hurtado, Cicero Independiente

Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That

By Aydali Campa, Borderless Magazine

Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs

By Kristoffer Tigue

Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River

By Kristoffer Tigue

As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn’t Lead to Job Losses

By Dan Gearino

Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel. One Critic Asks: ‘Have They Lost Their Minds?’

By James Bruggers

‘It’s Just No Place for an Oil Pipeline’: A Wisconsin Tribe Continues Its Fight to Remove a 71-Year-Old Line From a Pristine Place

By Phil McKenna