environment

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.

This year’s legislative session is well underway in Illinois. One bill would ban wildlife killing contests in the state.

Illinois fue el mayor productor de soya en Estados Unidos en 2025. Esto es medio de crecientes costos de insumos y a pesar de las condiciones históricas de sequía en el estado.

Illinois was the No. 1 soybean producer in the U.S. last year. That’s amid rising input costs and despite historic drought conditions in the state.

La consolidación en la agricultura, los precios más altos de los insumos, los problemas de acceso a los terrenos y otros obstáculos están dificultando que los agricultores jóvenes se afiancen en la agricultura estadounidense

Millions of rural Americans get their water from districts that serve 10,000 people or less. Thousands of those systems are failing to meet federal standards.

A field on the Northern Illinois University campus could soon be transformed into prairie. NIU met with neighbors recently to outline their multi-year plan to complete this project.