As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent — likely worsening the weather hazard’s already billions of dollars in ...

As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent ...

Environmental advocates, elected leaders and workers at the Environmental Protection Agency gathered at Federal Plaza ...

Stacker compiled statistics about how people in Chicago feel about climate change using data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

A new report details how getting involved can make an impact — and how community-based strategies can significantly reduce ...

How development is making underground climate change worse. In cities worldwide, heat from buildings and underground transportation causes the ground to warm at an alarming rate, by as much as 2.5 ...

Other than climate-change deniers, no one is saying such things won’t happen eventually. Chicago and the entire country indisputably are getting warmer, especially over the past 20 years.

The figures are in and 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded for Chicago, for the U.S., and across the globe. The eight warmest years for the U.S. have all occurred since 2012. It turns out more ...

It wasn’t the deadliest domestic tragedy prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as Rep. Sean Casten asserted in arguing for more climate change action.

Humanity is at an inflection point. I think we all agree that a livable climate, clean air, clean and accessible water, and thriving and biodiverse ecosystems are priceless. All too often, however ...

ABC 7, Chicago's No. 1 station for news, presented a virtual town hall examining the impact of climate change and significant weather events on our environment.

The South Chicago farm is a world of vibrant green. Tomato plants stretch toward the sun, next to neat rows of herbs and a small herd of goats. Butterflies flit between towering sunflowers. Owned ...