Tag: Illinois
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When Do Invasive Species Become a Precious Resource?
Some commercial fishermen rely almost entirely on invasive species. Is that a bad thing?
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Silver Ink Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Low-cost, Flexible Electronics
University of Illinois researchers have developed a reactive silver ink with amazing properties that could revolutionize electronics manufacturing.
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Does Chicago Want A Return To The Gaslight Era?
Before there was "natural gas" a more toxic, man-made version was
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Sword-Swinging Ninjas On Skis Go After Asian Carp (Video)
Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with
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Radioactive Pollution in Illinois: Honeywell Pleads Guilty, Gets $11.8M Fine
While all eyes are on Japan and a few eyes are on nuclear plants in the U.S., there's other news on the radiation front, this story coming out of southern Illinois. Honeywell pled guilty earlier this month to one felony
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"Clean Coal" Positioned To Be The High End Energy Product No One Can Afford
Southern Illinois has vast, easily accessible coal reserves. That coal may be sulfurous and wet and salty; but ,Southern Illinois also has good
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Mosquitos From Climate Change Hell Chasing Midwesterners Back Inside
Fear of disease is such a strong motivator. And most people hate insects,. Hence, you will occasionally see reference to the risk of climate-led outbreaks of
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Illinois Mandates Utilities to Buy More Solar Power
Photo: Flickr, CC Part of the State's 25% Renewables by 2025 Plan Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed two bills into law yesterday (House Bill 6202 and 5429)) that will mandate the state's utility companies to buy more solar power and protect the
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Alberta Tar Sands Oil Flows South As Keystone Pipeline Opened
Yesterday the valve was turned, opening the Keystone Pipeline. The converted natural gas pipeline ships 435,000 barrels of Alberta tar sands crude each day to Conoco-Phillips' refinery in Wood
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Illinois Plastic Recycler Faces Criminal Water Pollution Charges
Recycling businesses, especially start-ups, need to be closely watched by Federal and State authorities to avoid the misery of huge messes left, fires and explosions, and water pollution. There is a
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Paper With Recycled Content for Magazines Doesn't Have to Be Ugly, Proves FutureMark
We all have our favorite
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Asian Carp Solution for the Great Lakes? Bring on the Pelicans!
It seems pretty likely that Asian carp are bound to make it into the Great Lakes, some day, some way. A six-week search for the monster fish recently failed to turn up any of the despised carp, despite DNA evidence of their
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Joliet Illinois Wants To Dump More Radium On Open Lands
This strange tale is a synopsis of a lengthy story related by the Chicago Tribune. Dozens of municipalities in northeastern Illinois, including such Chicago suburbs as Joliet,
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Asian Carp Update: Michigan Request For Lock-Closing Turned Down By US Supreme Court
I hate it when lawyers end up managing shared environmental resources. So, it is with some pleasure that I
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Zoo Sells Jewelry Made From Reindeer Droppings
There's no more enchanting sight during the snowy weeks leading up to Christmas than that of the majestic reindeer--delighting the fancy of children who long for a just a peek at one of the creatures that make up Santa's fabled team. Perhaps you've
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Mercury Rising: Temperature Will Soar in Some U.S. States Within the Century
The heat is on. We all know climate change is a very real and very dangerous fact of life, and many
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U Illinois Urbana Saves $5 Million From Energy Efficiency
Here's a good story about how the University of Illinois, Urbana campus upgraded old systems and ended up not only reaching its energy efficiency goals ahead of schedule but also how it saved the school about $5 million in
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Wind-Powered Drive-in Movie Theater - World's First?
Image credit: Angel Wind Energy Wind-Powered Movies at the Drive-In The movie industry has finally caught on to climate change and sustainability- from The Age of Stupid to An Inconvenient Truth, we are now not short of movies that set out the dire
