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A manufacturer in the southwest suburbs of Chicago received $2.6 million from electric utility Commonwealth Edison this week as part of a state program for generating its own electricity using solar panels and storing it in one of the largest batteries in the country.
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Dozens of central Illinois students competed this week at the Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College to explore the world of renewable energy.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will review the proposal from Constellation Energy to allow the plant to operate another 20 years, through 2047.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says Americans are sickened by new reports of lavish trips donors have paid for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Durbin says it is more than just an ethical lapse and demands ethics reforms.
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Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America, says the new hires will get 10 days of classroom and hands-on training at the site.
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A lot of attention has gone to state and federal policy initiatives to address climate change, but some measures need to happen at the local level, including so-called "smart surfaces" that could become a larger part of the look of the Town of Normal.
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The McLean County Board unanimously approved the agreement after the city of LeRoy assured members the cameras would not be used for general traffic enforcement.
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Ecology Action Center is warning McLean County homeowners to be wary of door-to-door energy salespeople as the weather begins to warm up.
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U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, a Democrat from Moline, said he's also not sure how much benefit the pipelines will provide in reducing CO2 emissions.
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For years, conservationists have promoted cover crops as ways to fix nitrogen in the soil and prevent soil erosion. Farmers haven't been leaping for joy because it costs money and labor to plant and then to scrape the cover crop off the field in time for spring planting. Incentives to plant cover crops through conservation grants barely offset that.