Midwest Dispatch

In a recent report, the tribe picks apart the pipeline company’s emergency response plan.

We know Foxconn wants to take water from Lake Michigan, but what might it leave behind?

Rapid development and strong support in the state may help projects all across the country.

High-profile disasters on the controversial pipeline prompted the feds to temporarily halt construction, but the state demands a more permanent solution.

A joint United States–Canada report maps out the way to clean up the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem

A recent study found that the state is home to four of the country’s most polluting power plants. But elected officials won’t even show up to hear their constituents’ concerns about it.

As higher temperatures head north, the Great Plains’ grasslands are in for a transformation.

Southern Illinois is waiting for Trump’s promised coal boom, but job prospects are still a bust.

Dead fish tell many tales—but can they persuade authorities to strengthen Lake Michigan’s defenses against these ecological saboteurs?

These wetland predators are showing scientists a whole new side to otter behavior.