Michelle Rowan

Surging number of data centers around the Great Lakes could lead to water shortages, report says chicagotribune.com/2025/09/10/gre…

Cash crops, hidden costs chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/ill…

Tribes fear consequences for Great Lakes as Trump administration fast-tracks Line 5 pipeline chicagotribune.com/2025/05/18/gre…

In Illinois, an invisible boundary determines how dirty and costly your electricity is chicagotribune.com/2025/05/11/ill…

As aquifer dries up, some Will County towns say they aren't worried about running out of water chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/jol…

Auburn Gresham campus that composts and creates energy aims to redefine waste management chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/ana…

The 'return' of an extinct wolf is not the answer to saving endangered species, experts warn chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/wil…

Landing a data center is worth the environmental tradeoffs, Illinois towns say chicagotribune.com/2025/03/23/ill…

Some groups want federal protection for Great Lakes gray wolves dropped as role of Endangered Species Act examined chicagotribune.com/2025/03/09/som…

Midwest communities worry that firing of parks and forest employees will harm ecosystems, economies and education chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/nat…

Batteries are a missing piece in Illinois' clean energy transition. Engineers and lawmakers are racing to add them to the power grid. chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/bat…

Illinois nuclear plants are in the crosshairs of data centers and AI's insatiable demand for clean power. At what … chicagotribune.com/2024/11/16/nuc…

Urban legends or urban wildlife? Creepy creature sightings might just be thriving city animals chicagotribune.com/2024/10/31/chi…

Trump and Harris back fracking, but what does that mean for Illinois, where sand mines provide a key ingredient? chicagotribune.com/2024/10/29/ill…

Activists urge city to delay permitting for a scrap metal shredder in Pilsen chicagotribune.com/2024/10/28/sim…

Overwhelmed by election incivility? Look up at the night sky to find wonder and connection. chicagotribune.com/2024/10/15/nor…

Helene's reach was shocking, another example of how climate change 'is here and now,' scientists say chicagotribune.com/2024/10/04/cli…

Farmers frustrated and environmental goals threatened by failure to pass a new farm bill chicagotribune.com/2024/09/30/far…

Toxic chemicals found in food packaging; FDA under pressure to take action chicagotribune.com/2024/09/26/tox…

For Chicago's first urban festival, birders flock to unlikely city spots chicagotribune.com/2024/09/17/urb…