Researchers looked at a section of the Illinois River, about 50 miles from Chicago, where the silver carp’s progress stalled more than 10 years ago, with the fish holding its ground but failing to continue on toward Lake Michigan.
Leaders have several concerns, including rollbacks of environmental protections, effects on the Environmental Protection Agency and reduced regulations.
property is north of West Old Monee Road and east of South Sangamon Street. annexation and special use permit approved at Monday…..
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 […]
Nature fans are seeing an increase in waterfowl and native plants at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh a year after restoration work there.
Students from Oak Park, South Holland and other suburbs are part of a contingent traveling to Azerbaijan for the UN Climate Conference.
Through activities like nighttime hikes and studying Rock River’s plants, students learned how to appreciate nature and how to work together.
Leave the Leaves campaigns aim to provide food and shelter for insects at a time when studies show drastic population declines.
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.
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.