A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes - including La

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District says a study naming Chicago as a key contributor to the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" is misleading

A City Council committee unanimously passed the code after environmental organizations and builders joined to support it. It is expected to cut Chicago's greenhouse gas emissions.