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Another solar farm asks for Kane County OK

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jun 19, 2026 2:40 pm - A 32-acre solar electricity-generating installation has been proposed near Sugar Grove in Kane County.
Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance

By ERIN CUNNINGHAM, DAVID RISING and JON GAMBRELL
Jun 19, 2026 7:38 am - Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran, officials said. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah immediately confirmed the truce.
Federal regulators order grid operators to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers

By MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY
Jun 18, 2026 1:07 pm - Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.
Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a major attack on the Russian capital

By BARRY HATTON
Jun 18, 2026 9:13 am - Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting flights at its airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion over four years ago, officials said.
US gas prices fall below $4 for 1st time since March, but remain 25% higher than last year

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Jun 18, 2026 8:15 am - U.S. gas prices fell below $4 a gallon on average Thursday, but just barely.
Illinois bets on biodiesel: Expanding the market for domestic soybeans

By NAOMI TAXAY
Jun 17, 2026 8:57 am - Illinois offers a sales tax exemption to retailers that sell biodiesel fuels, a law aimed at boosting soybean sales. Fuel that is made up of at least 20% biodiesel qualifies for the incentives as of April, up from 17%. The Illinois Soybean Association estimates the new policy could expand biodiesel demand to about 255 million gallons, up from 165 million gallons when state law set the threshold at 11%.
US-Iran deal takes ‘immediate effect’ after both sides sign, Pakistan premier says

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, MATTHEW LEE, JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY and MIKE CATALINI
Jun 17, 2026 7:47 am - According to the officials, the draft agreement includes a new “minimum” standard for downblending of highly enriched Iranian uranium and has provisions to ensure the “territorial integrity” of Lebanon after Israel’s latest attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanese territory.
Higher prices for gas, groceries and flights will likely outlast the Iran war

By MAE ANDERSON
Jun 16, 2026 8:03 am - Even after oil starts flowing again from the Middle East, it could take awhile for consumers to see a difference at local fuel pumps, supermarkets and other places they shop, according to economists and industry analysts.
Stocks leap worldwide, and oil prices drop after the US and Iran reach a tentative deal on their war

By STAN CHOE
Jun 15, 2026 3:32 pm - Stock markets rallied worldwide Monday, and oil prices eased after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to get the global flow of crude going again.
DOE head says agency didn’t punish blue states. His lawyers admit it did.

By Evan Halper
Jun 12, 2026 3:56 pm - Energy Secretary Chris Wright was unrepentant on Capitol Hill this week, firing back at a congressman’s charge that the Trump administration canceled clean energy projects in blue states to exact political revenge.

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