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Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Credit: Lily Carey

Artificial Reefs Can Mitigate Coastal Erosion in the Great Lakes. Will Cities Agree to Adopt Them?

By Lily Carey
A farmer plants corn using a Case IH tractor and 16-row planter assisted by an on board computer that monitors and controls seed and fertilizer application. Credit: Andrew Sacks/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

American Farmers and the USDA Had Finally Embraced Their Role in the Climate Crisis. Then Came the Federal Funding Freeze

By Georgina Gustin
Ohio faced its most severe drought in a century in 2024. Credit: Seth Herald/NurPhoto via Getty Images

After Severe Drought and Storms, Ohio Farmers Fear for Long-Term Soil Health

By Anika Jane Beamer
A freeze in a federal loan program affects nonprofits across the country, including one in Fort Wayne, Ind., where David de Leon is construction manager. His organization works to restore old houses for use by low-income families. Credit: Rachel Von Art/Inside Climate News

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
The core module of China’s first small modular nuclear reactor is seen on July 13, 2023, before shipment to the construction site at the Changjiang nuclear power plant. Credit: Liu Xuan/VCG via Getty Images

Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030

By Carrie Klein
In Washington Township, Mich., a gas pipeline in wetlands in Stony Creek Metropark. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections

By Lauren Dalban

What 30 Years of Fighting for Environmental Justice Looks Like in One Community

By Bhabna Banerjee
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

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