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The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District is moving toward issuing $100 million in bonds for improvements to sewage treatment and runoff in the area. District executive director Tim Ervin said that is roughly a third of a larger effort to modernize the system and comply with tighter federal standards on phosphorous and other nutrient emissions.
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The governor has appointed Memuna Lee from Bloomington-Normal to Illinois' new Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund board. That’s a nonprofit green bank providing loans and other assistance for renewable energy projects being done by minority-owned businesses or in low-income and disadvantaged communities.
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The electric automaker Rivian says it expects the federal government will restore its eligibility for a portion of a tax credit enacted last year to encourage EV purchases.
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A bill to lift a moratorium on construction of new nuclear power plants in Illinois is moving through the state legislature. But an environmental science expert said that doesn't mean there will be a rush to put up new reactors for the first time in decades.
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The largest maple syrup producer in Illinois may not have a future as global climate change progresses.
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A recent study that tied the use of gas stoves in homes to rates of childhood asthma — especially in Illinois — inadvertently brought gas stoves to the forefront of the culture wars.
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A film screening Tuesday evening at the Normal Theater highlights stories of women making a difference in the fight against global climate change.
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The owner of the Clinton nuclear power plant in Dewitt County is following through on its end of the deal that led to passage of the state Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. Constellation Energy is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the reactor's license for 20 years. It had been scheduled to expire in 2027.
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The Normal Theater will host a documentary and discussion regarding an efforts to stop logging in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.
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Illinois candidates for governor talked agriculture policy at an ag sector roundtable Wednesday consisting of more than 100 industry leaders. The session was held in McLean County at Shuler Farms in rural Lexington.