Environmental
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Clean Cities helps businesses, municipalities learn about electric vehiclesAug 12, 2019 11:00 pm - Electric vehicles aren't only being considered by consumers. Businesses and municipalities also are looking at the future of transportation, and planning what they will ...
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How Lake County is using software to lower fuel costs and emissionsAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County is using software in vehicles to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. To date, "idle technology" has been installed on 72 vehicles and the county plans to...
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As tollway ends Route 53 extension study, now the question: Do what with that Lake County land?Jul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been changed to correctly attribute a quote to Lake County Board member Jessica Vealitzek. Illinois tollway leaders pulled the plug F...
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East Dundee president: $5K settlement for environmental violations an 'insult' to residentsJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - In 2018, the Illinois attorney general sued a former plastic bag company, arguing it should be liable for up to $250,000 in fines because it moved equipment into the old...
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Midwest Groundcovers completes newest solar power projectJun 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Realgy LLC announced the completion of their newest solar photovoltaic (PV) system consisting of 325 watts at Midwest Groundcovers, LLC. Their 240-watt system installed ...
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Talks to extend ethylene oxide air testing underwayJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - A 30-day period of outdoor air monitoring in Gurnee and Waukegan - designed to measure the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide emitted by two manufacturers - is underway, ...
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G&W builds second facility in BolingbrookMay 27, 2019 1:00 am - BOLINGBROOK - G&W Electric Co., a global supplier of electric power equipment since 1905, has completed construction of its second facility in Bolingbrook. The new build...
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Energy legislation 'on the back burner' in SpringfieldMay 21, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As the General Assembly moves toward its May 31 adjournment with issues such as a state budget, graduated income tax, and the legalization of sports gambli...
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Lake County Board pledges to fight effects of climate change, backs Paris AgreementMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - An early version of the story incorrectly reported the vote breakdown on the resolution. Two members voted "no" and one voted "present." Seventeen voted "yes." With...
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Recycling and shredding event Saturday in Arlington HeightsApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - The annual Spring Sweep electronics recycling and document shredding event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the parking lot of Arlington International Raceco...