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Busy Northern Illinois University students can now charge their devices using solar power while on-campus. Jess Savage has more on how the solar-powered charging benches fit into NIU’s overall sustainability goals:
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It’s National Pollinator Week through Sunday, and organizations across Illinois are raising awareness of pollinators to celebrate.
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The Illinois Department of Agriculture will be spraying several northern Illinois counties to control for a non-native insect this week.
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WNIJ's Jess Savage sat down with environmental educator Kevin Wiener to find out why he left a career in pest management to advocate for bugs.
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Donald Trump imposed tariffs on major trading partners a little more than a week after he was sworn into office . Since then, it’s been a flurry of threats and escalating tensions, causing turmoil for farmers in Illinois and beyond. Jess Savage reports on the potential impacts on agriculture in the state.
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A billion-dollar project to stop invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes is back on after a nearly three month pause. Earlier this week, the Trump administration assured Illinois and Michigan it would prioritize the project and fund its part.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input as it rewrites the definition of the “waters of the United States,” a key term in the Clean Water Act that determines over which waters the federal government has jurisdiction.
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One northern Illinois nonprofit is opening its greenhouses for the season with a plant sale. Jess Savage reports on how the sale empowers local community members.
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Arboristas locales animan a los residentes de Illinois a estar atentos a un insecto invasor que se está propagando esta primavera. Jess Savage informa sobre el riesgo que representan las moscas sierra en zigzag para los árboles de todo el estado.
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Local arborists are encouraging Illinois residents to keep an eye out for a spreading invasive insect this spring. Jess Savage reports on the risk elm zigzag sawflies pose to trees across the state.