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Midwest Groundcovers completes newest solar power project

Submitted by Realgy Energy
Jun 12, 2019 3:40 PM - Realgy LLC announced the completion of their newest solar photovoltaic (PV) system consisting of 325 watts at Midwest Groundcovers, LLC. Their 240-watt system installed 8 years ago underwent a complete overhaul. Midwest Groundcovers is the leading wholesale container nursery in the tri-state area.
Talks to extend ethylene oxide air testing underway

By Doug T. Graham
Jun 7, 2019 6:23 PM - A 30-day period of outdoor air monitoring in Gurnee and Waukegan -- designed to measure the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide emitted from two manufacturers -- is underway. And Stop ETO in Lake County is hosting a rally Saturday to encourage further regulations and testing.
G&W builds second facility in Bolingbrook

May 27, 2019 1:00 AM - G&W Electric Co., a global supplier of electric power equipment since 1905, has completed construction of its second facility in Bolingbrook.
Energy legislation 'on the back burner' in Springfield

By Jerry Nowicki
May 21, 2019 3:58 PM - As the General Assembly moves toward its May 31 adjournment with issues such as a state budget, graduated income tax, and the legalization of sports gambling and recreational marijuana still to be decided, a package of energy market reforms likely will have to wait until the fall veto session or later before moving forward.
Lake County Board pledges to fight effects of climate change, backs Paris Agreement

By Russell Lissau
May 14, 2019 7:36 PM - In a showing of overwhelming bipartisanship, the Lake County Board on Tuesday pledged to stem the harmful effects of climate change.
Recycling and shredding event Saturday in Arlington Heights

Daily Herald report
Apr 25, 2019 4:09 PM - The annual Spring Sweep electronics recycling and document shredding event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the parking lot of Arlington International Racecourse.
Sign up for Illinois Trout Unlimited's summer conservation and fly fishing youth camp

Submitted by Jim Schmiedeskamp
Apr 6, 2019 10:52 PM - The 12th annual edition of the Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited Youth Conservation and Fly Fishing camp is scheduled July 21-26 at the RAM Conference Center in Roscommon, Michigan.
Naperville lawmaker's bill to allow state's own environmental rules passes Senate

Capitol News Illinois
Apr 6, 2019 6:03 PM - The state's environmental regulatory body was prevented from taking measures to address greenhouse gases in Illinois for more than 20 years. That might soon end after the Senate voted Thursday on a bill led by Sen. Laura Ellman, a Democrat from Naperville, to repeal a law enacted in 1998 that blocked the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Pollution Control Board from introducing or ratifying rules comparable to those adopted at an international conference in Kyoto, Japan, in the late 1990s.
Panera Bread coming to Orchards at O'Hare development in Des Plaines

By Chacour Koop
Apr 4, 2019 3:48 PM - The company behind the $28 million redevelopment of nine acres at Mannheim and Higgins roads in Des Plaines has plans to add a Panera Bread and another restaurant to the development.
Arboretum panel examines how trees help mitigate climate change

By Patti MacMillan
Mar 28, 2019 10:15 AM - A Morton Arboretum panel will examine how planting and preserving trees can play a significant role in helping to mitigate the effects of a changing climate by reducing stormwater runoff, removing pollutants from the air and shading buildings to cut energy use.

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