Leaders have several concerns, including rollbacks of environmental protections, effects on the Environmental Protection Agency and reduced regulations.
‘Cause for concern’: Trump’s presidency could have negative environmental effects, some say
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Crete advances solar farm project, one of at least 5 planned in Will County
property is north of West Old Monee Road and east of South Sangamon Street. annexation and special use permit approved at Monday…..
Calumet City touts permeable alleys in ongoing flood control effort
More than a year since historic floods hit the Southland, devastating homes and businesses, Calumet City officials are celebrating efforts to prevent such damage the next time disaster strikes. Officials cut the ribbon Thursday on four new “green alleys,” which together are expected to retain almost 450,000 gallons of water through permeable pavers and help […]
A year after Powderhorn project, nature rebounding at Chicago’s only nature preserve
Nature fans are seeing an increase in waterfowl and native plants at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh a year after restoration work there.
Area students getting global perspective on climate change
Students from Oak Park, South Holland and other suburbs are part of a contingent traveling to Azerbaijan for the UN Climate Conference.
Students, teachers mourn the closure of historic Illinois outdoor camp: ‘Greatest memories of our lives’
Through activities like nighttime hikes and studying Rock River’s plants, students learned how to appreciate nature and how to work together.
Chicagoans embracing leaves: ‘What falls in my yard stays in my yard.’
Leave the Leaves campaigns aim to provide food and shelter for insects at a time when studies show drastic population declines.
Azerbaijan is the host of the UN’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate
Diplomats from across the world will descend on the capital Baku for the annual climate summit, known as COP29, to discuss how to avoid increasing threats from climate change in a place that was one of the birthplaces of the oil industry.
Climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
News of a likely second year of record heat comes a day after Republican Donald Trump, who has called climate change a “hoax” and promised to boost oil drilling and production, was reelected to the presidency.
Gateway Plaza green space opens to complement Morton Grove Metra station redevelopment
A day after officials held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $4 million Metra rail station in Morton Grove, an unveiling was held for nearby green space that will complement the depot redevelopment. Over 50 people gathered Oct. 24 at Gateway Plaza, a new green space in Morton Grove located south of Lincoln Avenue at Ferris Avenue, for a ribbon cutting where Trustee Janine Witko delivered the opening remarks. Work had begun the week of Aug. 12 on the $250,000 Gateway Plaza project. It consists of a public plaza, benches, bicycle parking racks, planting beds and the commemorative bricks. Witko […]