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Want to celebrate -- and understand -- recycling? Today's the day

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:34 PM - Today, environmental groups, local municipalities and President Joe Biden are encouraging you to celebrate recycling.
Fall back this weekend: Is the end in sight for our semi-annual clock ritual?

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:36 PM - Early Sunday morning, we'll shift our clocks for the second time this year, now falling back an hour to return to standard time. In the face of ongoing federal legislation, the practice may not last much longer.
Why Cook County residents are being asked to pay more taxes for forest preserves

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:36 PM - When Cook County residents head to the polls next week, the ballot will not only include choices for governor, state representatives and local judges. Voters will also be asked for a property tax hike to support and grow the county's nearly 70,000 acres of forest preserves.
Smashing pumpkins? They don't decompose properly in landfills, so here's where to compost them

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:37 PM - Say so long to your drooping jack-o'-lanterns by catapulting them through the air, throwing them at a spiked bullseye or even sending them down a makeshift bowling lane at a pumpkin smash. It's fun -- and eco-friendly.
How to use fallen leaves to help your landscaping as well as the environment

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:40 PM - Disposing of leaves is an autumn ritual in the suburbs, but choosing the best way to do it may be more complex than we realize, experts say. When you mow down the leaves that collect in your yard each fall, or when you rake them up and leave them at the curb, you're stripping a critical food source from your lawn's natural habitat, ecologists say.
Keeping water safe, preventing flooding: Updated state water plan to give suburbs new guidance

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:43 PM - From making sure our water is safe to determining what to do when there's too much of it, managing water issues is a complex subject in the suburbs and around the state. A newly updated Illinois State Water Plan aims to tackle the challenge.
Street by street, study out of Argonne National Lab to examine climate change at the local level

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:44 PM - A new study will examine the local effects of climate change in the Chicago area down to individual streets and blocks, Argonne National Laboratory of DuPage County announced today.
Places to recharge: Illinois to build network of electric vehicle chargers beginning in 2023

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:55 PM - The key to getting more electric vehicles on the road, everyone knows, is having the charging stations to support them. That relationship is not yet in balance, so state and federal agencies are working to bring the two components in line, starting with installing charging stations along the interstates.
Why state parks will stop offering plastic flatware and cups

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Nov 30, 2022 12:52 PM - Starting next year, you can still bring plastic spoons and cups into state parks -- but they won't be offered.

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