The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight of the largest Great Lake to help gauge the threat of increasingly common algal blooms.

Redside dace have become somewhat of a poster child for the fight against Doug Ford’s highway project, but the new federal ...

Baby boomers are part of a "silver tsunami" of retirements sweeping across the nation's drinking water and wastewater systems.

Data collected by weather balloons in various Chicago neighborhoods should help scientists better understand extreme heat in the city.

Extreme heat and precipitation events are becoming more frequent and intense in Chicago. It’s the city’s preparation efforts ...

As plastic items dominate beach littering, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ says we need to ramp up reusable items and sustainable packaging. What about personal responsibility?

Most Michigan wetlands have been destroyed, even as climate change means we need their benefits. Here’s how groups are ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.

Akron-based organizations are working to reduce food waste, and greenhouse gas emissions, by diverting food scraps from landfills to compost piles.