climate change

Duane Friend is the State Master Naturalist Coordinator and Climate Change Specialist with the University of Illinois Extension. He spoke to Community Voices about soil quality, weather and climate, and disaster preparedness. Duane also gives information about Illinois Extension's Master Naturalists program and the positive impact on the community.

State’s top utility regulator up for Senate confirmation vote

The state’s largest industry can’t ignore global warming — but change can be slow and expensive. Here’s what farmers say is tipping the scales for them now.

The Academy of Lifelong Learning at Lincoln Land Community College presented a forum on climate change. Climatologist Dr. Trent Ford spoke about terminology, explained environmental factors and shared his concerns about climate change.

An overwhelming majority of Illinoisans say lawmakers should make dealing with climate change a priority. That’s according to the latest results from an…

Springfield-area youth left the classroom Friday morning to rally around climate change. They joined an international event known as the Global Climate…

Illinois — and the rest of the country — could soon start seeing more days of extreme heat. That’s according to a report released Tuesday, “Killer Heat in…

Illinois officials are issuing dire warnings ahead of the arctic cold blowing into the state Tuesday night.Visiting the state’s Emergency Operations…

There are plenty of scary climate change predictions about what could be coming our way in the future. So what is a person to do? Move to Michigan. That's…

Illinois' future summers could be as hot as Texas.Essay — When we think of climate change, we often imagine melting ice caps, rising sea levels that…