Environmental
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Warm winter kick-started allergy season, giving a preview of what’s to comeApr 09, 2024 6:15 pm - Every weekday around 7 a.m., Dr. Rachna Shah heads to the roof of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park to collect a microscope slide full of pollen. As an allergist...
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Will China flood the globe with EVs, green tech? What's behind latest US-China trade fight
Apr 08, 2024 7:47 am - WASHINGTON — China's burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade fight, highlighted by Treasury ...
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With cicadas emerging this spring, here’s how to protect your trees and shrubsApr 06, 2024 5:30 am - As the rare dual emergence of the 13- and 17-year periodical cicada broods approaches, experts say some trees and shrubs might need protection ahead of the once in a lif...
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Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It’s the biggest bug emergence in centuriesApr 06, 2024 5:15 am - Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers n...
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Keeping water cleaner: New street sweeper has message for Lake County residentsApr 05, 2024 8:47 pm - Sweeping removes pollutants and helps protect waterways, transportation officials say Besides cleaning, the Lake County Division of Transportation’s new street sweep...
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Sugar Grove residents petition ban on street-facing solar panelsApr 03, 2024 10:03 pm - A group of Sugar Grove residents are challenging a zoning ordinance that bans solar panels from front-facing roofs of residential homes. The residents say the restriction...
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Lake Zurich program seeks to promote and recognize environmentally sustainable businessesApr 02, 2024 8:19 pm - Lake Zurich has expanded sustainability efforts in town by launching a green business program. The initiative is to encourage environmentally-friendly practices, reduce t...
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State spends $73 million to protect Illinois’ only undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline
Mar 30, 2024 9:19 am - Breakwater structures at Illinois Beach State Park aim to mitigate erosion A $73 million state-funded project in Lake County aims to stabilize the last undeveloped L...
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Researchers explore how climate change will affect Wrigley, Guaranteed RateMar 28, 2024 5:15 am - A group of researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are taking a look at how weather can vary widely from ZIP code to ZIP code, neighborhood to neighborhood — and even ...
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Naperville’s coal-heavy electricity supply hangs in the balance as contract renewal loomsMar 25, 2024 7:01 pm - With Naperville getting nearly 80% of its electricity from coal, a pivotal contract renewal with the city’s power supplier approaches. The city’s energy portfolio is one ...