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

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 ...

Playing in unsafe heat can cause immense stress to the body. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke raise the body temperature, ...

The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...

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

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

When it comes to government, there are few things more unattractive than nakedly partisan power politics, as reflected by a ...

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she ...

Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city is the focus of many groups and city officials working with new standards, permits, and an eye on ...

The researchers have been tracking the heat, and the way it impacts parts of the city differently, in a brand-new way that could ultimately provide relief for some Chicagoans.

A country that doesn’t allow citizens to criticize their leaders is not a democracy. It’s not where liberty or justice ...

Chicago experienced a rare, but not unprecedented, flash flood Tuesday night in what some forecasters described as a "one-in-500-year event." ...