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A key figure in thwarting planned oil and carbon-capture pipelines in the U.S. Midwest and an Indonesian environmentalist devoted to protecting forests have been named recipients of this year's Climate Breakthrough awards

It's good to own in Detroit and Chicago right now, but not so much in San Francisco and Seattle.

December Nymex natural gas (NGZ23 ) on Tuesday closed sharply higher by +0.223 (+6.65%). Nat-gas prices Tuesday rallied sharply on the outlook for colder temperatures, which will boost heating demand for nat-gas. Forecaster Maxar Technologies on Tuesday said forecasts have skewed colder for the Midwest and South from Nov 5-9....

Natalie Raanan, 18, and her mother Judith Raanan, 59, were kidnapped Oct. 7 and taken hostage by Hamas. They were released nearly two weeks later. The Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Yinam Cohen announced Natalie Raanan’s return to Chicago but did not mention when Judith Raanan would return…

November Nymex natural gas (NGX23 ) on Tuesday closed +0.045 (+1.54%). Nat-gas prices on Tuesday closed moderately higher. Nat-gas prices rose on forecasts for cooler U.S. temperatures that would boost heating demand for nat-gas. Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said below-normal temperatures are seen for the Midwest and central U.S. from Oct-29-...

According to American Enterprise Institute data, eight of the nine cities achieving the highest appreciation in housing prices for the 12 months ended Aug. 31 hail from the Midwest.

The opening of Illinois’ fall trout season on Saturday leads this sprawlng raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; but salmon fishing on the lakefront keeps on going, too, and crappie fishing will soon kick in for real.

Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter ahead in the southern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. They anticipate more storms in the U.S. South and Northeast, and warmer, drier conditions across the already dry Pacific Northwest and the upper Midwest.

One of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest is being put on hold so the company can reevaluate the route

The Missouri-bred pop superstar of the future Chappell Roan released her glittery debut album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” late last month

“In some ways, we think that we live in Illinois and somehow we’re immune to this,” said David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League that issued the “Hate in the Prairie State” report.