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Naperville on track to complete $190 M wastewater upgrade by 2030 deadline, per official
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (673+ words) Naperville is on track to complete upgrades to its wastewater treatment facility by its state-mandated deadline of 2030, according to a city official. "This is the largest capital project in the city's history," said Darrell Blenniss, Director of Public Utilities " Water…...
South Elgin to seek state EPA loan for water treatment plant upgrades
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (556+ words) The village of South Elgin is applying for a $7. 5 million low-interest Public Water Supply Loan through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to help pay for improvements to the Spring Street water treatment plant. South Elgin Village Board members were briefed…...
Review: We can map that: Newberry Library exhibits 500-plus years of borders, folds and graticules
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (74+ words) Contemporary British artist Ed Fairburn painted over an old map of Cardiff, hijacking its existing contour lines to reveal the portrait hiding therein. Many more maps " old and new, geographic and artistic "are on view in "Mapping Outside the Lines....
La UE ofrece protecciones a agricultores mientras busca apoyo para acuerdo comercial con Mercosur
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (411+ words) Sin embargo, ha enfrentado una oposici'n vehemente del sector agr'cola de Europa. Las propuestas presentadas el mi'rcoles dar'an a los agricultores nuevos mecanismos para presentar quejas y obligar a la Comisi'n Europea a investigar los desequilibrios comerciales derivados del acuerdo…...
Oposici'n de agricultores franceses amenaza con retrasar tratado comercial UE-Mercosur
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (781+ words) Por JOHN LEICESTER y SAM Mc NEIL Esta semana, los agricultores se manifestaron en toda Francia con tractores pesados para construir barricadas improvisadas y bloquear carreteras, m'todos probados y comprobados para presionar al gobierno franc's que anteriormente han demostrado ser…...
El Kilauea expulsa fuentes de lava por 37ma vez desde que comenz" su erupci"n el a'o pasado
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (203+ words) El flujo de roca fundida estaba confinado dentro de la caldera del cr'ter del Kilauea en el Parque Nacional de los Volcanes de Hawai, inform" el Servicio Geol"gico de Estados Unidos. No hab'a viviendas en peligro. Es la 37ma vez…...
Un poderoso terremoto sacude la costa norte de Jap'n y emiten aviso de tsunami
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (24+ words) TOKIO (AP) " Un poderoso terremoto sacude la costa norte de Jap'n y emiten aviso de tsunami. More in En Espa'ol More in En Espa'ol...
La miner'a en aguas profundas podr'a alterar la cadena alimentaria marina, advierte un estudio
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (764+ words) Por ALEXA ST. JOHN La perforaci'n para extraer minerales en las profundidades del oc'ano podr'a tener consecuencias inmensas para los diminutos animales que son el n'cleo de la vasta red alimentaria marina, y en 'ltima instancia, afectar a los caladeros…...
NWI activists ask for public meeting about Chase Street well
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (294+ words) A group of Northwest Indiana organizations sent a letter to the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission, asking for a public meeting about the arsenic levels at the Chase Street artesian well. Gary Advocates for Responsible Development, the Gary Food…...
Triton College's Space Center teams with Polish filmmaker to focus on Earth
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (485+ words) Three aliens are in danger of losing their food source when they crash land on Earth in "The Stellars: Mission Green" by Warsaw, Poland-based Creative Planet. The trio will have to learn how plants, insects and fungi keep forests healthy…...