The lawsuit by a Chicago-area investor accused federal wetland protections of threatening property rights.
Federal judge dismisses suit that threatened wetlands on farmland nationwide
Category: Environment
Patchy smoke from Canadian wildfires could move into Chicago area Friday; storms possible in afternoon
National Weather Service officials are expecting patchy smoke from Canadian wildfires to move into the Chicago area Friday and a chance of showers and thunderstorms storms.
Photos: The return of ‘Chonkosaurus’ the snapping turtle
The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, has reappeared.
Half of world’s population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say
Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.
Chonkosauraus, famed massive snapping turtle, rises again from Chicago River
Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week. The celebrity turtle and […]
The Canadian province of Manitoba declares a state of emergency over wildfires as thousands flee
The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help.
IDEM releases new inspection report for U.S. Steel facility
A new inspection by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has been positive for U.S. Steel’s Midwest plant in Portage.
Big Catch group’s first female Angler of the Year ‘blessed with talent I didn’t know I had’
Paula Stovall, 62, of Country Club Hills, became the first female to win Angler of the Year in the Big Catch Angler Association.
This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. So she invented something better.
Kristina Smithe’s company, Hiccup Earth, has taken the cups to 137 races and spared more than 902,000 disposable ones from hitting a landfill.
Hickory Ridge flood control project underway in Merrillville
Some 400 residents in and around the former Hickory Ridge apartment complex are getting 2.73 million gallons of water storage — and lower flood insurance bills — via a partnership between the Town of Merrillville and Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission.