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A measure allowing the construction of new commercial nuclear power plants has bipartisan, bicameral support in the General Assembly as leaders consider the next steps in meeting carbon-free energy goals while maintaining grid reliability.
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The endorsements mark the latest jockeying by the two mayoral candidates for support ahead of the April 4 runoff election.
Finding an unbroken, contiguous stretch of open land is hard in an urban area. Some environmentalists worry this idea is on the back burner.
Manufacturers should be held accountable for contaminating the state’s drinking water and land with toxic forever chemicals, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Wednesday.
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More than 8 million people in the state — 6 out of every 10 Illinoisans — get their drinking water from a utility where at least one forever chemical has been detected, a 2022 Chicago Tribune investigation found.