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The nation’s first commercial carbon storage plant is in Illinois. It leaks.
-The leaks occurred at an ADM well in Decatur that’s part of a booming industry that promises to capture planet-warming carbon dioxide underground. ADM insists the well is safe, but locals are worried.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.
-Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. All five Great Lakes are heating up.
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Trying to build a more climate-resilient Chicago, one balloon at a time
-Data collected by weather balloons in various Chicago neighborhoods should help scientists better understand extreme heat in the city.
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Major federal funding aims to speed transition to clean energy in the rural Midwest
-A rural electric cooperative that serves Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin is getting more than $570 million to develop four wind solar installations and four wind power installations.
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South Shore residents are fed up with garbage on their streets
-The community has more reports of sanitation code violations than any South Side neighborhood.
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Asian CarpFeature HomepageIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchIllinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp
-Gov. JB Pritzker sent a letter expressing concern over costs of the $1 billion project and the burden to Illinois taxpayers.
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Illinois lawmakers seek to protect state wetlands
-The U.S. Supreme Court rolled back protections for wetlands last year, leaving states like Illinois vulnerable.
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Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers
-Invasive carp could threaten the $7 billion recreation and commercial fishing industry around the Great Lakes.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWarmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish
-All of the Great Lakes are experiencing declining ice coverage in the winter, which could affect recreation and shorelines.
