environment

Data centers are coming to Illinois, and the response to this future has been mixed among residents and officials. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition is hosting dozens of town hall-style meetings about data centers across the state, including one in Galena this past Wednesday.

One organization in the upper Mississippi River basin is accepting proposals for habitat restoration projects that benefit the land, the water and even people.

West Nile virus was recently detected in mosquitoes in DeKalb County. Mosquito-borne illnesses kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. Some historians believe they've killed about half of all humans who have ever lived.One Northern Illinois University professor received a $40,000 grant to study a major unknown: what bacteria mosquitoes carry.

A new guide for farmers' trusted advisors is out. The Nature Conservancy says it's going make regenerative agriculture easier to adopt in the Midwest and beyond.

Even with the recent harsh winter, ticks are bad this spring. Jess Savage reports on which ticks are most prevalent in northern Illinois, and what people can do to protect themselves against tick-borne diseases.

Hundreds of advocates and organizers headed to Springfield this week for Environmental Lobby Day in Illinois.

Aurora City Council voted on a suite of new regulations for data centers that come to the city. The meeting on March 24 aligned with the end of a moratorium the city placed on data centers.

March 22 is World Water Day: Emily McKee celebrated by thanking the regulators.

Local food system organizations have until the end of the month to apply for a local food infrastructure grant.

Tallgrass prairies used to dominate the Illinois landscape before European settlement and corn and soy agriculture. While there are very few prairies left in the state, what remains requires a special management technique: fire.