Earlier this month, the U.S. House voted to end the twice yearly changing of the clocks by passing the Sunshine Protection Act. As the act makes its way to the Senate where it still needs approval, some are voicing concerns

There are four categories of project improvements on the ballot. Whichever receives the most votes from the public will receive $500,000.

A complicated, high-stakes rescue of 30 beluga whales from a defunct Canadian water park is underway, with four of them arriving Tuesday at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium.

The Cook County Forest Preserves Fisheries Division is piloting a nature-based solution to treat a water quality issue.

Smoke causes inflammation by triggering the body’s immune system to go into overtime to fight the irritant. Scientists have found it can harm the brain, the skin and men’s sperm, with almost no system of the body spared.

Chicago’s air quality has fallen out of the “hazardous” range but remains at unhealthy levels as winds began pushing wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota northeast.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an air pollution action day for the northeastern part of the state.

Night Out in the Parks events and Movies in the Park have been cancelled as well.

The bird-friendly ordinance has now been sent to the Zoning Committee for consideration. A hearing is tentatively scheduled for July 21.

Money raised at the annual BrewFest supports treatment and preservation of Horner Park’s sizable, and healthy, stand of ash trees. This year’s event is set for Friday.

Welles Park, on Chicago’s North Side, has become a preferred breeding ground for the beetles, multiple years in a row.

Neighbors have described the stench emanating from the reservoir as “horrific” and “putrid.”

About 13 billion gallons of combined storm and waste water flowed into two Cook County reservoirs this past weekend, part of the region’s network of stormwater management infrastructure.

Residents from the North Side of Chicago to the north suburbs reported feeling the effects of what the U.S. Geological Survey said was a 2.9 magnitude earthquake Wednesday.

An unprecedented international rescue effort is underway to find new homes for some 30 beluga whales. Shedd Aquarium is answering the call.

Last fall, the Chicago Department of Public Health and the University of Illinois Chicago joined forces to install 277 air quality monitors around the city, the largest system of its kind in the United States.