Remember the pair of mountain lions (aka cougars, aka pumas, aka panthers) that wandered into Illinois last fall? Scientists say folks east of the Mississippi should expect more of such sightings. And more on the nature and environment beat this week:
Meanwhile, Illinois released its updated State Water Plan this week. Theand we’d be lying if we said we’d read them all.
One item that did stand out was the recommendation to undertake a study as “a first step” in determining the feasibility/viability of wind turbines in Lake Michigan, which suggests the pair of legislators who’ve been talking about aTo complete our trifecta of water-related items: Thames Water — the London version of Chicago’s MWRD, if the MWRD was privately owned by a Kuwait investment group — wants to pump water out of the Thames River and replace it with treated sewage,Monty and Rose may be...
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