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Renewables battling climate change now need to insure against it

By Ishika Mookerjee and Minmin Low
Aug 20, 2025 10:44 am - Solar and wind energy companies are betting on a novel form of insurance to protect their assets against wild and volatile weather — the very type of climate risk they were set up to fight.
Urban and community forestry listening session

Daily Herald report
Aug 20, 2025 9:13 am - Lake County and the Lake County Forest Preserve District are hosting a public listening session to share progress and get feedback on a new Urban and Community Forestry Strategic Plan being developed.
As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change

By TAMMY WEBBER
Aug 14, 2025 10:46 am - The sternly worded statements and letters are filled with indignation and outrage: Republican U.S. lawmakers say Canada has done too little to contain wildfires and smoke that have fouled the air in several states this summer.
Forest preserve approves $25 million land acquisition, public access and habitat restoration projects

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 13, 2025 6:29 pm - The first installment of $155 million in funding overwhelmingly authorized last fall by Lake County voters will be in the bank within weeks and ready to apply to a variety of projects.
'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant jail could halt construction over environmental concerns

By DAVID FISCHER
Aug 13, 2025 12:40 pm - Construction of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz ” could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considered Wednesday whether the hasty development on sensitive wetlands violates environmental laws.
Waukegan finalist for Netherlands-based solar panel maker’s U.S. headquarters

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 12, 2025 11:30 am - A remediated Superfund site on the Waukegan lakefront is a finalist for the proposed U.S. headquarters and solar panel manufacturing facilities of a Netherlands-based company.
Trump’s push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred

By PETER SMITH
Aug 07, 2025 6:45 am - When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question. It’s also a spiritual and cultural one.
Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world's spiraling plastic pollution crisis

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Aug 05, 2025 7:15 am - Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet.
How marina purchase will help keep the Chain O’ Lakes flowing

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 03, 2025 2:38 pm - The Chain O' Lakes is well known as a tourism magnet and economic engine for Lake County but keeping the good times flowing requires some help.
Trump administration cancels plans to develop new offshore wind projects

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Jul 31, 2025 1:15 pm - The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development, the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States.

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