Climate Change

Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban butterfly gardens.

Three companies want to capture carbon dioxide from Midwestern ethanol plants, transport it by pipeline and store it underground.

Last winter’s precipitation relieved some areas of drought, yet in other places it's deepened, making spring stressful for farmers and ranchers.

States in the Midwest and South have already seen many deadly tornadoes so far this year. These parts of the country are also where the number of severe events are steadily increasing.

Join us for a special InFocus highlight on a new podcast partnership between SIU’s School of Medicine and WSIU. So ILL explores the impact of climate change on healthcare, but also healthcare’s impact on climate change. We’ll hear from one of the students involved in ‘So Ill,’ about why it’s so important.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Carbondale Author Treesong about his new book, "All The Climate Feels"

Fred Martino interviews Cade Bursell of the All Species Puppet Parade, a Carbondale Earth Day event that raises awareness about the need to care for all species amidst various threats, including climate change.

Filmmaker and former Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty member Sarah Kanouse will bring a combination of storytelling, lecture and live documentary film to campus on Feb. 15.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Justin Schoof, the Director of the SIUC School of Earth Systems and Sustainability

Environmentalist Mike Baltz explores how individuals might impact climate change