More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline for a required report.

Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier

The oil company has locked out about 800 refinery workers in Whiting without pay for 140 days.

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The city with the most lead pipes in the nation is paying way above average to fix them. Officials can't fully explain why.

Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.

As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.

As climate change remakes the mountains, the fight to save the hellbender is becoming a fight for home.

Outdated water use laws, destruction of wetlands, demands of data centers and extreme weather are a dangerous mix.

Urban ecology traditionally focuses on single cities, yet cities play key roles in ecological processes such as migration. Radar analysis across the continental USA reveals that nearly half of stopove...

Jackson connected conservation, clean air and safe drinking water to civil rights.

Researchers say a line has been crossed. For systems like coral reefs and ice sheets, the climate is already past safe.

Online catalogs have been around for a log time now, but seed companies continue to send out paper seed catalogs. Do people still use them?

Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.

Paul Vallas alleged that Chimaobi Enyia ripped him off by doing little work in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars to build support for Vallas with Black voters.

At the heart of the proposal announced earlier this week is a new, stricter definition to the long-debated legal term, “Waters of the United States."

Environmental journalism award honors top 12 writers globally. Winning outlets include Mongabay, Grist, DeSmog and Heatmap News.

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News, Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the ...

A giant infrastructure project aims to block invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan, but Chicago’s polluted water already keeps them out.

The Trump administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expans...

In the face of a Chicago police cover-up, she couldn't get answers until a Sun-Times investigation prompted the appointment of a special prosecutor and Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko's conviction.

The storm's slow movement is expected to bring a deluge of rain to multiple countries in the Caribbean, and prolong its dangerous impacts over a period of several days.

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with NYT bestselling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald as he presents his groundbreaking new book, "We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to...

For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the multibillion-dollar tourism, boating and fishing industries that rely on it. Now, ...

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with NYT bestselling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald as he presents his groundbreaking new book, "We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to...

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food and toilets are out in the open.

Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that DHS sent to the Defense Department which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois.

City officials on Monday said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains far behind telling Chicagoans of the health risks.

City officials have struggled to meet state and federal deadlines, and many residents are yet to receive warnings about the risks of lead pipes.

In his latest book, Michael Grunwald explores innovative solutions to boost food production while protecting the planet.

Lead water service lines are all over the city. But majority Black and Latino neighborhoods bear the biggest burden, our analysis finds.