REPORT: Needless red tape delaying Illinois solar transition
Routine applications can take months, cost hundreds of dollars; Report recommends instant permitting
Routine applications can take months, cost hundreds of dollars; Report recommends instant permitting
Chicago third largest data center market in U.S.; electricity demand growth exacerbating electric bill increases for northern Illinois residents
As regulators near a final decision on an investigation into the Peoples Gas pipeline-replacement program, consumer and environmental organizations delivered more than 5,000 comments calling for reform.
2035 pipe replacement deadline risks massive rate hikes
As leaves fall – and leaf blowers roar – in neighborhoods across Illinois, Illinois PIRG Education Fund and Environment Illinois Research & Education Center unveiled a new interactive map Wednesday showing nationwide progress on transitioning away from highly polluting, noisy, gas-powered lawn equipment.
A noteworthy 40% of General Mills shareholders voted last week in favor of a proposal urging the food company to assess how it can increase the scale, pace and rigor of its sustainability efforts, including by reducing plastic packaging.
Illinois PIRG is urging utility regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission to require Peoples Gas adopt a more rigorous and transparent risk management methodology to guide its pipe replacement program
America’s most polluting facilities emit more greenhouse gasses than some entire states.
Cleanup event reveals plastic pellet pollution on Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio