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Nitrate increased by 13%, and total phosphorus increased by 35% compared to Illinois baseline.
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Governor J.B. Pritzker has announced this January as Radon Action Month. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is urging all residents to test their…
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Severe staffing cutbacks are overwhelming the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement efforts.
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There are signs of activity in a decades-long effort to clean up an Illinois Superfund site. But it’s still unclear when full remediation will occur. This…
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The Illinois EPA is offering residents the chance to dump some of their hazardous household waste. It plans several collection days across the state on…
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Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed Alec Messina as the new head of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. He replaces Lisa Bonnett, a carryover…
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DeKalb County residents will need to keep their Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions a little longer. That’s because the vendor who collects them can’t take…
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In 1989, Illinois established the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program. Officials say the ongoing groundwater contamination probe in the town of…
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Cleanup crews are working to collect contamination caused by a broken elevator at Northern Public Radio’s studios in DeKalb. Anyone familiar with WNIJ and…
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Illinois regulators have issued a report on this month’s landfill leak that sickened dozens of students and teachers at a DeKalb County school. Officials…