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The nation’s first commercial carbon storage plant is in Illinois. It leaks.

by WBEZ October 22, 2024November 8, 2025

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Chicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.

by WBEZ September 27, 2024November 8, 2025

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Trying to build a more climate-resilient Chicago, one balloon at a time

by WBEZ September 20, 2024November 8, 2025

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Major federal funding aims to speed transition to clean energy in the rural Midwest

by WBEZ September 12, 2024

Chicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region

South Shore residents are fed up with garbage on their streets

by WBEZ August 12, 2024November 8, 2025

Asian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp

by WBEZ March 25, 2024

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Illinois lawmakers seek to protect state wetlands

by WBEZ March 6, 2024

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Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers

by WBEZ January 24, 2024

Climate Change, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research

Warmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish

by WBEZ January 8, 2024