Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his ...

Environmental concerns at proposed Morgan Park migrant tent camp site 00:36. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Environmental concerns have been discovered at a site in the Morgan Park neighborhood where the City ...

Study finds 129,000 Chicago children exposed to lead ... The city also said lead testing shows the water meets the standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Chicago has 380,000 lead ...

The study is the first of its kind to quantify the effects of underground climate change on civil infrastructure. Using data from sensors placed beneath downtown Chicago ... environmental, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pollution problems in certain Chicago neighborhoods are prompting the city to take a new approach to how it addresses environmental concerns. The changes come on the heels of a ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s worth of chipmunk and vole specimens from Chicago, researchers discovered ...

The practice of dyeing the Chicago River green began in 1962, but its roots lie in a less festive endeavor. In the 1960s, city workers used green dye to trace illegal sewage discharges into the river.

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

CHICAGO—The city’s current goal to remove lead drinking water pipes within half a century is too long of a timeline, environmental activists argued at a rally here on Wednesday.

Following a citywide study of the cumulative impact of pollution and other social stresses that started in the spring of 2022, Chicago’s definition of environmental justice communities now ...