ICN Midwest
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

