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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The assessment builds on a 2019 report published by the Environmental Law and Policy Center and conducted by a team of ...

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

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

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 ...