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Carbon capture courting controversy with growth

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By Andrew Adams As Illinois considers ways to achieve its goal of relying entirely on clean energy by 2050, one technology that has courted controversy is carbon capture. Carbon capture is a method whereby carbon dioxide, a common greenhouse gas, is placed in long-term storage, usually by injection into wells...

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Joliet government signs agreement for Lake Michigan water

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The City of Joliet government has announced a 100-year agreement to purchase treated Lake Michigan water from the city of Chicago beginning in 2030 to ensure a high-quality and sustainable water source for southwest suburban residents for generations to come. The announcement of the agreement follows votes this week by...

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Batavia-based SunHeat Solar, Inc. shines at Aurora Business United

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Homeowners and business people. Those are key targets of Garrett Schweikhofer, founder and CEO of Batavia-based SunHeat Solar, Inc. Friday, April 14 he extolled benefits of solar power in a presentation at Aurora Business United, a networking group that meets monthly at Santori Aurora Public Library in downtown Aurora. He...

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Former Oswego industrial sector tour April 15

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From the mid-19th Century through the first decade of the 20th Century, Oswego was a largely self-contained community with everything from a thriving downtown business district to manufacturers of everything from cigars to windmills. Participants will find out about Oswego’s industrial past when the “Made in Oswego” label appeared on...

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Gas utility price hikes in dispute

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By Andrew Adams Consumer advocates, environmentalists and Chicago residents gathered in front of the Chicago offices of Peoples Gas this week to call on the Illinois Commerce Commission to reject a proposed rate increase from the gas utility. Several advocacy groups, including the Citizens Utility Board, Blacks in Green and...

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Fox Valley Habitat raising funds

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The Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity is raising funds to help build one of our first homes in Habitat Green Freedom, a new 17-home subdivision which will use solar power be energy-efficient. The fundraiser will be brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6 at 1300 S. Broadway, Montgomery. Please RSVP...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity vision: 17-home site

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By Al Benson Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity plans a 17-home subdivision for West Side Aurora. Barbara Zegiel, Habitat funds development director, reviewed plans for Habitat’s Green Freedom project at Aurora Noon Lions Club meeting Thursday, Feb. 16 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. Zegiel, who said she...

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Truck blaze spreads to large manufacturing site in Aurora

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The Aurora Fire Department responded to a structure fire at midnight, January 31 at a large manufacturing facility in the 1000 block of Sullivan Road. A semi-trailer parked in the loading dock caught fire and spread to the loading dock area of the building. Firefighters encountered frozen hydrants and a...

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IDOT $20 million improvements in Hernandez district

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State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is announcing that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be constructing more than $20 million in improvements to her community’s highway infrastructure. “People commuting to work, customers driving to local businesses, visitors coming in from out of town; Aurora’s highways play a huge role...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Green Freedom Project

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Bill Donnell, right, Aurora Fourth Ward alderman, photographs workers pumping concrete into an insulating concrete form wall (ICF) of a Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity home in Aurora Thursday, June 30.

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Luxembourg cardinal, Jean-Claude Hollerich, to visit Aurora August 2

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The greater Aurora area historically has been one of the largest settlements of Luxembourgers in the United States. Aware of it, Luxembourg’s Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich will the visit the Aurora area Tuesday, Aug. 2. It will be the first visit of Cardinal Hollerich to Aurora and it will be connected...

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Reader’s Commentary: Strong voice: Opposed to plans at former Carson Pirie Scott

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By Donna Zine, Aurora, Ill. Ward resident I am opposed to any zoning and ordinance changes that would allow the current out-of-state owners of the former Carson Pirie Scot property, 970 N. Lake Street in Aurora, to install a passive income model storage unit at that site, or a car...

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State renovations important

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By Peter Hancock The cost of renovating the north wing of the Illinois Statehouse will be more expensive than officials initially estimated. Only one bid came in for the project, which is about to get underway. CORE Construction Services of Illinois Inc. priced the job at $243.5 million, well over...

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Illinois camera monitoring program ready to roll

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By Jerry Nowicki A pair of bills on governor JB Pritzker’s desk would expand a State roadway camera monitoring program to 22 counties while expanding the number of crimes the cameras can be used to investigate and the number of parties that can prosecute them. The measures, House Bill 260...

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DuPage Board against rail merger

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The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday, March 8 to join a coalition of communities that are opposing the merger of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Kansas City Southern Company. In October 2021, Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern Company filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board seeking...

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Fox Valley Park District groundbreaking for outdoor education and event facility at Lippold Park

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Fox Valley Park District holds a celebratory groundbreaking Friday, Jan. 14, for a $2.3 million, 4,500 square-foot outdoor education and event facility at Lippold Park, adjacent to Red Oak Nature Center along Route 25 at the south end of Batavia.

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First round of funds ready to repair State infrastructure

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State representative Sean Casten (IL-06) announced Monday, Jan. 10 that Illinois will receive $999,514,444 in new federal funds under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to create good-paying jobs for Illinoisans while improving roads and bridges across the state. It is the first round of fund under the five...

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Funds for O’Hare, Midway, aid

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Congressional representative Sean Casten (IL-06) recently announced that approximately $94 million in new federal funding under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will go to Illinois to make much-needed improvements to O’Hare and Midway airports. O’Hare is set to receive $73,672,455, and Midway will receive $20,245,396. “Thanks to the...

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