Environmental
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What if just 1 in 10 people changed how they eat, drive, heat or shop?
Feb 14, 2026 1:45 pm - Everyday lifestyle choices can add up to significant climate impact when even a small share of the population makes them. Looking across food, transportation, home energy and clothing, the numbers show that swapping one weekly beef meal for chicken, switching from gas cars to electric vehicles, heating homes with electric heat pumps, or buying jeans secondhand can each cut billions of pounds of carbon pollution when adopted by 1 in 10 Americans who engage in these habits.
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EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says ‘everyone hates’
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Climate inaction puts 34% of fashion industry profits at risk
Feb 12, 2026 2:40 pm - The fashion industry is heading for a 34% drop in profits by 2030 unless companies move quickly to rein in their climate footprint, according to a report by the Apparel Impact Institute.
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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
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New state legislation targets data centers’ environmental impactsFeb 11, 2026 6:12 pm - A coalition of environmental advocates Wednesday introduced state legislation to guard against impacts on natural resources and consumers’ wallets from future growth of data centers in Illinois.
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Why Lake Zurich closed its polystyrene recycling program until springFeb 11, 2026 3:46 pm - What began as a pilot program in Lake Zurich to recycle polystyrene has become so successful the village has paused for the winter with plans to retool for spring.
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Trump EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy
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Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year
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‘A window into the past’: How preservationists hope to restore Lake Michigan shorelineJan 27, 2026 4:09 pm - The Lake Forest Open Lands Association has secured a $5.75 million federal grant to restore a ravine/bluff system along Lake Michigan.
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Lake Zurich takes $52 million step to bring Lake Michigan water to townJan 27, 2026 3:14 pm - The target for Lake Michigan water to flow through taps in Lake Zurich is sometime in 2028 but the nuts and bolts of the $154 million project are taking shape.