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Buildings are concentrated in places that are likely to be hit by a disaster such as a hurricane, flood or wildfire, researchers found. That includes both urban and rural hotspots.

Green energy advocates are pushing Illinois lawmakers to back a plan to wean the state off fossil fuels by 2050.Dawn Dannenbring is the environmental…

Studies show too much noise, particularly loud, irregular noise, can hurt a child's brain development, because if sound is irregular, it distracts our brains and makes concentration more difficult.

Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off last night on several hot topic issues. NPR fact-checked the claims made. And, how food delivery could be environmentally friendly.

Researchers who study evidence of fires through the millennia say to expect more and bigger fires as the climate continues to warm. Fire season is already months longer than in the 1970s.

A researcher coming to Illinois Wesleyan University next month hopes to make visible what large scale extraction operations — like lithium mining — cost some Latin American communities.

Scott Simon talks to Matt Shardlow of UK conservation group Buglife about the decline in flying invertebrates in the UK and how that could spell environmental disaster.

When it comes to preventing severe flooding, there’s not one fix. Over the next few weeks, the Illinois Answers Project will examine what city and state agencies are doing to protect residents.

Illinois State University students who’ve been fighting for an easier way to recycle at their off-campus apartments say they’re concerned about the…

That's a community-wide game Edgard Gouveia remembers from his boyhood in Brazil — and uses as a model in his efforts to heal the world through gameplay.