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Appeals court rejects Trump EPA bid to abandon rule restricting deadly soot pollution

By MATTHEW DALY
Jun 26, 2026 7:23 pm - A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to abandon a Biden-era rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution.
Rolling Meadows privatizes garbage pickup after 57 years of public service

By Christopher Placek
Jun 24, 2026 7:24 pm - Rolling Meadows city council members unanimously voted to privatize garbage collection after 57 years of municipal service, inking a 5-year contract with Lakeshore Recycling Services.
France records hottest day as European heat wave intensifies

By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk
Jun 24, 2026 4:13 pm - France recorded its hottest ever night and day as the heat wave searing western Europe deepened, disrupting schools, transport and tourist sites.
Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY
Jun 23, 2026 4:39 pm - The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.
Rolling Meadows to outsource garbage collection after long haul of in-house service

By Christopher Placek
Jun 22, 2026 6:58 pm - Rolling Meadows is preparing to privatize its garbage collection services after decades of municipal operation.
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.
Defying the elements and odds, storm-swept piping plover eggs rescued, yielding chicks

By Mick Zawislak
Jun 16, 2026 6:47 pm - A remarkable chapter in the continuing story of the federally endangered piping plover is unfolding as four eggs washed away in a storm and exposed to elements for more than 12 hours were recovered and have hatched.
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.
Why District 214 is putting solar panels atop Rolling Meadows High School

By Christopher Placek
Jun 11, 2026 7:41 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 school board members Thursday inked a deal to place solar panels atop Rolling Meadows High School, amid looming expiration of ...
El Niño is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jun 11, 2026 4:21 pm - El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.

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