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Central IL communities getting more than $56M for water infrastructure projects
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — More than $56 million out of $205 million from the Illinois Environmental...
Four Illinois students receive Environmental Excellence Awards from Illinois EPA
The Southern Illinoisan· 6 days agoSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) presented Environmental Excellence Awards ...
Highland reopens Silver Lake after investigating sheen found on the water surface
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe Highland Fire Department deployed an oil boom and the city closed the north end of the lake as a...
Highland closes part of Silver Lake due to apparent petroleum spill
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 2015, a break in the Capwood pipeline spilled an estimated 4,200 gallons of crude oil into the...
Editorial: Stop this proposed tower of toxic waste on Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline
Chicago Tribune· 5 hours agoIn 1982, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation allowing for the conveyance of property...
Illinois quick hits: Wildfire smoke may impact Illinois; $21 million unclaimed returned
The Center Square· 7 days agoFor a second consecutive year, Illinois may be affected by Canadian wildfire smoke. Air quality...
Evanston City Council tables purchase of Howard Street laundromat
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA laundromat at 739 Howard Street, Evanston, could soon be the site of a new affordable housing building if Evanston City Council moves forward with a proposed purchase. The issue was tabled ...
Hoopeston gains more than $2.6M for safe water project
The Danville Commercial-News· 4 days agoState Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) announced that over $31.5 million from Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ...
Chemical foam spill in Batavia will not impact human health, says state report
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoA report from the Illinois Department of Public Health found that the firefighting foam spill into...
Des Plaines Ramping Up Lead Pipe Removal, High Costs - Journal & Topics Media Group
Journal & Topics Newspapers· 3 days agoRight now, the potential cost to replace all lead pipes to Des Plaines homes and businesses is $134 million. Des Plaines and every other municipality in the U.S. have been ordered to replace ...