Environmental
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Farmers 'understand that the climate is changing and we have to adapt'Oct 26, 2019 1:00 am - Fred Yoder, a fourth-generation Ohio farmer, has served on President Donald Trump's agriculture committee and chairs the North American Climate Smart Agriculture Allianc...
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Arlington Heights defends deal with energy supplier fined by state for deceptive sales tacticsOct 22, 2019 1:00 am - Arlington Heights' new green energy electric aggregation supplier was ordered to pay $1 million in a settlement with the Illinois attorney general's office over past dec...
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Company that converts garbage into fuel eyeing Hoffman EstatesOct 17, 2019 1:00 am - A California-based company that creates diesel and jet fuel from the carbon in household garbage otherwise headed to a landfill hopes to build a new processing plant in ...
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How Lake County will encourage energy-efficient projectsOct 14, 2019 5:30 am - Lake County officials want to help local business owners finance projects designed to boost energy efficiency. The county board has announced plans to create a Property ...
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Deputy governor says Pritzker would sign new ethylene oxide regulationsOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ready to sign a pair of ethylene oxide regulatory bills should the General Assembly pass them, a representative of his office told a ...
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Clean energy legislation appears unlikely to advanceOct 09, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A package of bills aimed at transforming the state's energy landscape appears unlikely to move during the upcoming fall veto session after Gov. J.B. Pritzk...
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Suburban lawmakers back bill to limit use of cancer-causing gasSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - Several suburban lawmakers are showing support for a new plan that would ban the use of the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide as a sterilizer and significantly cap its u...
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UN climate summit unlikely to produce big progressSep 21, 2019 1:00 am - Hopes of a breakthrough in international climate change ambitions are being downplayed for a landmark meeting in New York Monday. The United Nations climate action sum...
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Stevenson High reserving parking spots for Earth-friendly carsSep 20, 2019 5:34 am - Long recognized for environmentally friendly construction and operating strategies, Stevenson High School has further extended its planet-friendly philosophy to its park...
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Global warming's effects: How exactly ice melt and the rising seas workSep 19, 2019 5:25 am - Of all the consequences of a warming world, the idea that our oceans would rise is, on its face, one of the easiest to understand - and maybe the most terrifying. We're ...