An agreement could be in place to shutter the E.D. Edwards coal power plant in Peoria County that has been subject to a lawsuit by environmental groups since 2013.
"It's highly likely that any pollution that impacts the health of soil fauna, such as earthworms, may have cascading effects on other aspects of the soil ecosystem, such as plant growth," researcher Connor Russell said.
The city hasn't yet kicked off one of its most important strategies: pressuring the biggest buildings in the city to stop using so much energy. And there isn't a plan yet for how to reduce the next biggest source of emissions: energy use in people's homes.
A buzz that rocked the state all summer sent geologists on a labyrinthine chase—and unearthed new mysteries about how energy moves through land and air.
Two-thirds of Americans believe climate change is either a crisis or a serious problem, with a majority wanting immediate action to address global heating and its damaging consequences, major new polling has found.
As a torrent of demoralizing disasters and doomsday climate studies pour forth, how do we resist despair, where can we find hope - and most important of all - how should we live?
The White House is not only overturning as many environmental protections as it can - it also wants to significantly change the legal landscape to make it harder to reinstate them.
The agri-chemical giant has a storied history of using shady tactics to attack critics and influence the media. More and more details are revealed by analyses of Monsanto documents found during legal discovery.
Peter Dykstra joins Host Bobby Bascomb to take a look at how algal blooms have turned tourist beaches on the Gulf Coast into ghost towns. Then, the two discuss "happy hour" efforts by a Finnish grocery store to reduce food waste.
EHN reporter Kristina Marusic is one of five women to receive the inaugural Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence from the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP).
All Darrin Kelly wanted for the fracking workers in Western Pennsylvania was that the Democratic presidential hopefuls would talk to them before going to war against shale.
It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy
Nearly 20 percent of people in Philadelphia are food insecure. We visited the researchers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs changing this by rethinking food waste.
