Biden administration aims to speed up the demise of coal-fired power plants
Burning coal to generate electricity is rapidly declining in the United States. President Joe Biden’s administration moved Thursday to speed up the demise of the...
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Landmarks: Ancient grove along Thorn Creek remains open thanks to 55-year-old grassroots effort
The hiking paths at Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve are rife with vestiges of the people who care about the place. Wooden causeways protect marshy...
US wildfires are getting bigger and more complex, prompting changes in firefighting workforce
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming...
Museum of Science and Industry offers eclipse activities and pop-up viewing sites in Chicago
More than 1,000 Chicago Public Schools students crowded the rotunda at the Museum of Science and Industry on Monday morning, building rockets, learning to use...
Nightscapes, Times Square
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Today in History: Exxon Valdez crashes in Alaska, creates massive oil spill
Today is Sunday, March 24, the 84th day of 2024. There are 282 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 24,...
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice.
RACINE, Wis. — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had...
Chicago, Cook County under severe thunderstorm, tornado warning
Portions of Cook County spent Tuesday night under a tornado warning while the city remained under a severe thunderstorm warning following a day of temperatures...
Governor’s budget includes $1M for Lake County ‘greenway’; ‘This is a landmark moment … in every sense of the expression’
Land once acquired to expand Illinois Route 53 is to be turned over to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to prepare to open...
New city buildings chief was found negligent in botched Little Village smokestack implosion
As Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to get rid of Lightfoot administration appointees at City Hall, he’s selected as interim head of the Chicago’s Department of...