The west suburb was the first municipality in the Midwest to pass an electrification ordinance. Opponents of the ban said it violates the federal Energy Policy Act.

Democratic attorneys general and others are accusing President Donald Trump of intimidating hospitals into dropping ...

Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, ...

British scientists at the fore of efforts to use "geoengineering" to dampen global warming fear conspiracy theorist and political opportunism could derail efforts to hold climate change at bay ...

A fierce rivalry between Chicago’s North and South Siders comes to life each summer during the “Crosstown Classic,” when the ...

As heatwaves become more intense with climate change, scientists are racing to understand how extreme heat changes the way ...

"The air quality is officially dangerous in Chicago," says Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at ...

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

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

His approach to climate is in keeping with this attitude—though critics say there’s room for improvement. During Pritzker’s ...