The Illinois EPA said it reviewing the proposal to rescind the declaration issued back in 2009 under President Barack Obama.

Environmental advocates, elected leaders and workers at the Environmental Protection Agency gathered at Federal Plaza downtown Monday to push back against the president’s reported plans to repeal a key federal determination that allows the EPA to help combat climate change.

During severe thunderstorms, rising air shoots icy pellets the size of Dippin’ Dots ice cream into the bitter cold of upper atmospheric layers. There, supercooled water freezes onto the small particles to form hail,

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 emissions.

Climate change is warming the world above and below ground, and what's happening below could be causing the world's cities to slowly sink, a new study suggests.

Cities such as Chicago with access to bodies of fresh water are set to fare better with climate change and as a result will see migration increases, said Vasquez, the committee’s chair. “As we ...

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 Trump administration is planning to curb the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases by unwinding rules that control emissions from fossil fuel drilling, power plants and cars. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday announced the proposed rollback of a 2009 declaration that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health and welfare.