Environment and Nature

As part of NPR's Climate Solutions Week, you'll learn about efforts to make sustainability and recycling easier for college students in Illinois. Because one student’s trash is another’s treasure come the next semester.

The CEO and founder of COII wants to design long-term, cost-effective homes focused on sustainability and wellness. She's planning 22 homes and townhomes on Bloomington's west side.

The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District has approved spending $7.7 million to upgrade the City of Bloomington's Sunnyside Park on the west side to a sustainable park.

The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition said data center operators need to be transparent about what the public gets out of the big installations, releasing polling data showing 70% of Illinois residents support tighter regulation of the data center industry embodied in the POWER Act.

The implementation of climate and environmental policy may become more challenging during the Trump administration, but the fight is far from over, according to one national environmental advocate.

In an effort to modernize wastewater treatment, the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District [BNWRD] and Illinois State University’s Center for a Sustainable Water Future are forming a partnership to bring green infrastructure directly to Twin City residents.

A Facebook group providing frequent reports on weather events in Central Illinois has gained traction.

More than 280 native plants and over 22 species were planted at the Bloomington Public Library’s Prairie on the Patio Garden.

A public comment session was held after the McLean County Regional Planning Commission and the Twin City officials received pushback about public engagement on a long-term strategic land use plan showing growth at the fringes of Bloomington and Normal.

Next year's budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, amplifies previous worries with potential cuts to several key programs and projects. WGLT talks to three Central Illinois experts about the possible consequences.