Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

An old bridge along a cart path is one of the few reminders that the 215 acres bought by Jim Carpenter and his wife, Nancy, were once a golf course. (IBJ photos/Chad Williams) The only clues that ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Local leaders, including representative from Severson Dells, in collaboration with Rockford Park District, Cherry Valley officials, and State Legislators, unveiled ambitious ...

Golf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment. Land is often cleared to make way for a fairway and maintaining the pristine turf often requires a lot ...