environment

Busy Northern Illinois University students can now charge their devices using solar power while on-campus. Jess Savage has more on how the solar-powered charging benches fit into NIU’s overall sustainability goals:

It’s National Pollinator Week through Sunday, and organizations across Illinois are raising awareness of pollinators to celebrate.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will be spraying several northern Illinois counties to control for a non-native insect this week.

WNIJ's Jess Savage sat down with environmental educator Kevin Wiener to find out why he left a career in pest management to advocate for bugs.

Donald Trump imposed tariffs on major trading partners a little more than a week after he was sworn into office . Since then, it’s been a flurry of threats and escalating tensions, causing turmoil for farmers in Illinois and beyond. Jess Savage reports on the potential impacts on agriculture in the state.

A billion-dollar project to stop invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes is back on after a nearly three month pause. Earlier this week, the Trump administration assured Illinois and Michigan it would prioritize the project and fund its part.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input as it rewrites the definition of the “waters of the United States,” a key term in the Clean Water Act that determines over which waters the federal government has jurisdiction.

One northern Illinois nonprofit is opening its greenhouses for the season with a plant sale. Jess Savage reports on how the sale empowers local community members.

Arboristas locales animan a los residentes de Illinois a estar atentos a un insecto invasor que se está propagando esta primavera. Jess Savage informa sobre el riesgo que representan las moscas sierra en zigzag para los árboles de todo el estado.

Local arborists are encouraging Illinois residents to keep an eye out for a spreading invasive insect this spring. Jess Savage reports on the risk elm zigzag sawflies pose to trees across the state.