Read the full story in Midwest Energy News. Multiple coal ash sites in Illinois sit within or adjacent to flood plains, according to environmental watchdogs.
Day: April 12, 2019
How state power regulators are making utilities account for the costs of climate change
Read the full story in The Conversation. The electricity powering your computer or smartphone that makes it possible for you to read this article could
Project maps out building footprints in Illinois to study natural disasters
Read the full story from the Illinois State Water Survey. Researchers at the University of Illinois are keeping an eye on areas of Illinois that
How microplastic particles are turning the oceans into plastic soup
Read the full story in GreenBiz. The following excerpt is from Michiel Abbing’s book Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution (Island Press, April 2019) and is
Rail travel is cleaner than driving or flying, but will Americans buy in?
Read the full story at The Conversation. Transportation represents a large portion – about 29 percent – of U.S. emissions, and the share has been rising in recent
Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper
Read the full story in Grist. Batteries are critical for our clean energy future. Luckily, their cost has dropped so low, we might be much
