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Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5C, report says

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of ...
Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5B in funding

ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical m...
Green energy advocates to host 'coal problem' event for St. Charles, Batavia, Geneva residents

BY JENNY WHIDDEN jwhidden@dailyherald.com
Nov 14, 2023 4:00 am - To open a discussion on how to move away from coal consumption, green advocates are hosting an educational meeting for residents of Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles Wedne...
Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, U.S. climate assessment shows

By SETH BORENSTEIN and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press
Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am - Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans' daily lives with harm that is "already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States," a massive ...
Is your Nicor bill going up by $9 a month? The ICC decides Thursday

By Marni Pyke
Nov 12, 2023 10:00 pm - Residents across 37 counties that include the suburbs will learn Thursday if Nicor Gas rates will spike by an average of $111 annually. The Illinois Commerce Commission ...
What you need to know about heat pumps: Cost, rebates, energy efficiency and more

BY JENNY WHIDDEN jwhidden@dailyherald.com
Nov 12, 2023 12:00 am - Alongside rooftop solar panels and electric vehicles, heat pumps have emerged as a key climate solution and staple of the residential electrification movement. From secu...
Veto session last bet on lifting Illinois' nuclear ban this year

BY JENNY WHIDDEN jwhidden@dailyherald.com
Nov 07, 2023 4:00 am - During this week's veto session starting Tuesday, the state legislature will decide the ultimate fate of a bill that would enable the construction of new nuclear reactor...
The Air Force asks Congress to protect its nuclear launch sites from encroaching wind turbines

By TARA COPP Associated Press
Nov 07, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Air Force's vast fields of underground nuclear missile silos are rarely disturbed by more than the occasional wandering cow or floating spy balloon. But...
State lawmakers debate scholarship tax credit, other issues in final days of session

By Hannah Meisel
Nov 05, 2023 1:00 am - Lawmakers will return to Springfield this week for the second half of their fall veto session, giving advocates of a tax credit program for private school scholarships o...
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant starts 3rd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
Nov 02, 2023 1:00 am - TOKYO - The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea Thursday after Japan...

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