The project is among more than 30 similar proposals that the state has been examining, but backlash from residents and politicians has complicated the plans.

For nearly two years, Century Aluminum has been searching for a site to put a giant new U.S. smelter — a decision that ...

From Galena's brick hills to Bayfield's Apostle Islands gateway, these 11 small-town getaways deliver walkable downtowns, ...

In Joliet, Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks oversaw a number of efforts to embed ecological concern deeper into Catholic life, ...

After a powerful winter storm dumped heavy snow, sleet and ice across wide swaths of the U.S., millions of people on Monday ...

There’s a magical place in Missouri where the Mississippi River stretches like a blue ribbon, eagles soar overhead, and ...

Fossil discoveries point to a prehistoric river that may have been home to unusually large eurypterids. These ancient arthropods, often called sea scorpions, are known from scattered remains that ...

First, dinosaur tracks aged around 140 million years were reported in 2025 on a remote stretch of the coast in South Africa’s ...

Southern Africa is world renowned for its fossil record of creatures that lived in the very distant past, including dinosaurs. But, about 182 million years ago, a huge eruption of lava covered much of ...

Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to make fossil fuel companies pay up for ...

A new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that data centers in Illinois could account for 72% of the growth ...