Extreme rainfall events in Chicago, including two observed this summer, are becoming more common as the climate warms.

A car crashed through the front of Portillo’s restaurant in Oswego, a suburb of Chicago, around lunchtime Wednesday, ...

As floodwaters surged through Texas earlier this month, scientists were quick to point to a sobering reality: These disasters ...

As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent ...

A new report details how getting involved can make an impact — and how community-based strategies can significantly reduce ...

The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday revoking a science-based determination ...

The Illinois EPA said it reviewing the proposal to rescind the declaration issued back in 2009 under President Barack Obama.

Young climate activists from Chicago called on Gov. JB Pritzker to enact legislation that would make the fossil fuel industry — instead of taxpayers — responsible for funding green, resilient ...

During severe thunderstorms, rising air shoots icy pellets the size of Dippin’ Dots ice cream into the bitter cold of upper ...

Environmental advocates, elected leaders and workers at the Environmental Protection Agency gathered at Federal Plaza ...

The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide endangers public health. The head of the Illinois Sierra Club said the move "ups the ...

The first is that addressing climate change needs to be viewed through a strategic lens rather than as an altruistic act or ...