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Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff explores how a diverse tallgrass prairie was transformed into a landscape now dominated by monoculture crops. How did a biodiverse prairie that excelled at storing carbon turn into farmland that contributes to climate change? -
Eric Stock/WGLTA release from the Ecology Action Center says that while recycling rates decreased by 22% from 2019 to 2020, that percentage is "consistent with national and global deviations that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic."
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The Illinois Senate put the final legislative stamp on an energy regulation overhaul bill Monday, sending it to Gov. JB Pritzker, who says he will sign it. -
Reverend Tony Pierce helped steer new energy legislation in Illinois toward a focus on equity.
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The newly formed Central Illinois FarmFED Co-op in Logan County met its $100,000 initial fundraising goal in just one month.
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The Illinois State University Solar Racing Team is preparing for an important race in a car members built themselves
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A coalition of influential labor unions says negotiations with environmental groups over a massive new clean energy proposal have reached impasse, and is asking Gov. JB Pritzker and lawmakers to step back into talks to broker a compromise.
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The $350 million Sapphire Sky wind farm will be built in southeastern McLean County. Its 64 wind turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power about 80,000 homes annually, plus $79 million in property tax revenue for local taxing bodies over the life of the project.
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The $350 million Sapphire Sky wind farm will be built in southeastern McLean County. Its 64 wind turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power about 80,000 homes annually, plus $79 million in property tax revenue for local taxing bodies over the life of the project.
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Connect Transit is set to bring in a new general manager at a key time in the Bloomington-Normal transit agency's history.
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Historic flooding resulted in catastrophic loss for one central Illinois farm.
