Tag: Illinois
Pritzker wants funds flowing for Great Lakes carp plan after Trump heaps praise on project he paused
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin want President Donald Trump to put money where his mouth is on a massive project to help stop invasive carp from […]
Green energy boosters stress long-term savings
By Madison Merrell
Upfront costs of clean energy projects such as wind and solar may be high but the long-term savings on fuel and increased reliability more than offset those initial costs, experts say.
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Preservation project launches effort to restore rare ravine ecosystem
By Samantha Ku
A rare ravine ecosystem on Lake Michigan’s western shore is vulnerable to human encroachment. A recent federal grant is supporting restoration efforts in the region.
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Feds banish, fine Pictured Rocks visitors for vandalizing cliffs
Four Illinois residents who vandalized cliffs at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have been temporarily banned from the park and fined. The visitors carved large letters into […]
Why aren’t there wind turbines in Lake Michigan?
For years, Illinois state Representative Marcus Evans Jr. has championed a plan to make Illinois’ shores home to the first offshore wind farm in the Great Lakes. But the effort […]