Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar programThe Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Friday.Chicago Tribune20d agoWhole story →EconomyJusticeepa solar program ruling
Contractor sentenced in fraud case for leaving asbestosA suburban contractor was sentenced Thursday to more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison for causing a potential "environmental disaster" by leaving large amounts of cancer-causing asbestos material during the 2023 demolition of a Waukegan medical campus in order to line his own pockets.Chicago Tribune28d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomyasbestos fraud sentencing
Pritzker signs disaster proclamation for recent stormsGov. JB Pritzker issued a disaster declaration over storms including tornadoes that swept through the south and southwest suburbs.Chicago Tribune2mo agoWhole story →BuildPlanetJB Pritzkerillinois storm disaster declaration
