Blamed in part on climate change, the threat of water ponding in your yard or your basement is growing, a Sun-Times/WBEZ investigation has found, putting health, homes at risk.

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

In a little-noticed memo early last year, Illinois scientists made a dire prediction.

Flooding in Chicago Is Getting Worse. Here’s Why.

An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.

By Claire Barber

SAN FRANCISCO—As families settled into their evening routines in late March, cooking dinner on electric stoves and flipping on their TV for the newest binge watch, the state’s energy grid was working hard.

California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon.

Gas and nuclear projects make up roughly 55 percent of the total capacity of the more than 800 new generation projects, a dramatic shift from the renewable-dominated queue PJM spent the last four years clearing.

By Aman Azhar

For the first time in four years, regional grid operator PJM Interconnection is adding new generation projects to its interconnection queue.

As PJM Reopens Interconnection Queue, Experts Warn Damage to Maryland’s Clean Energy Plans Is Already Done