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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Smoke from Canadian wildfires settled over Chicago Thursday, with air quality reaching “unhealthy” levels for everyone. Air ...

Chicago experienced the worst air quality in the world on Thursday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, which can trigger asthma attacks, strokes, and heart attacks, and people are advised to use ...

Chicago's air quality is considered among the worst in the world right now, thanks to thick wildfire smoke drifting southward ...