Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health.
Category: Environment
Climate change is a defining issue for young voters. Neither Harris nor Trump are doing enough, they say.
Polling shows Gen Z and Millennials are more concerned with climate change and more likely to have it sway their votes than older generations.
Why were there so many dragonflies along the Chicago lakefront this weekend?
Researchers are using recent advances in insect genetics to better piece together the migratory journeys of the swarms of green darners.
Best viewing of Perseids meteor shower is early Monday. Here’s how to watch.
Viewers might see five meteors within a few seconds and then go several minutes without seeing any.
Got milkweed? Field Museum study shows how Chicago gardeners can help monarch butterflies
Looking at 450 small urban gardens, researchers found more monarch eggs when there was common milkweed and milkweed that was at least five years old.
One year after the devastating blaze, Maui remembers the 102 lives lost in the Lahaina wildfire
Dozens of Maui surfers, canoe paddlers and boat riders made their way into the ocean off Lahaina on Thursday to remember the 102 people killed in the nation’s deadliest wildfire.
EPA pulls from the market a weed killer harmful to fetuses
In a move not seen for almost 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued an emergency order suspending all uses of a weed killer linked to serious health risks for unborn babies.
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic flooding
Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it slowly passes over the northern part of the state.
Illinois EPA finds Flint Group in violation of state law, permits for Batavia chemical spill
The spill sent firefighting foam made with PFAS, also called forever chemicals, into Mahoney Creek.
Wealth in Chicago’s Black and brown communities was eroded intentionally by discriminatory policies, study finds
Da’Sean Hillsman was 17 when he became a father in the late ’90s. By 2000, his mother had died, leaving him to make sure he and his siblings — two younger sisters, and a disabled older brother who survived being shot in the head at age 20 — stayed together. To do that, Hillsman said, […]